What makes a movie successful?

Star Wars is success and make big money.it is a six series movies.Millions of people of all ages,in all parts of the world,stood in long line to see it once,twice or several times.Viewers screamed with joy and some applauded at the end,as if the actors or the director could hear them.Later,there are lots of toys and books and comics.It succeed.viewers like it and enjoy it,so it succeed.

A successful movie for me: hiring great actors/actresses and not celebrities great script having a great plot where everyone can relate to even if it's futuristic or fantasy no loopholes in the sequence of events If the movie is from a book make sure to live by it's core rules Offer something out of the ordinary A deep, twisted yet well laid out plot Giving it and ending... yet an ending that will make them think there's a possible sequel.

hi,friend,you take any subject,it has to be picturised in interesting form to public.You take movies from Benhar..gods must be crazy..jaws..E.T.,movies on jesus.Different subjects,but they succeded.

As folllow is required for successful movies. good songs, well story, good photography, acter, actress, fights, comedy, dialogs, and etc.

Star Wars had a huge success because every kid on the planet watched it 12 times. In reality... from an adult point of view... it was just another good movie. But watching it 3 times was about all I could handle. A good movie need a good story to start with... and it has to flow from beginning to end. Many bad movies have the story going nowhere once you reach the middle of the movie... like the writer has run out of ideas and don't know what to do next. Next you need good actors... and the leading actor needs to be a likeable character that people fall in love with almost instantly. That is when you get your Blockbuster. Those actors who get paid 20 million dollars a movie... get paid that sort of money because people love to see them in movies... Give those actors a good story... and you have a blockbuster on your hands. However... the Academy don't go for blockbusters... nor does many people. There are people who like a movie which make them think and motivate their brain. Everyone is different... and luckily... there is something for everyone out there.

I think the most important factor in a movie's success is the storyline.The story should be good enough to capture public interest.then comes the performances of actors.