Photos:: â€˜Star Wars’ franchise goes global

People wearing “Star Wars” costumes pose as they wait at the Grand Rex cinema in Paris for the French release of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

People dressed in character pose outside the Grand Rex movie theater before a screening of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”in Paris.

Fans dressed as Princess Leia, right, and an Imperial Storm Trooper arrive for a midnight screening of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at the Sony Center CineStar in Berlin.

A member of Malaysia’s Star Wars Club dressed as Darth Maul before watching “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at a cinema in Subang, outside Kuala Lumpur.

A Malaysian Muslim woman poses for pictures with members of Malaysia’s Star Wars Fan Club before watching “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at a cinema in Subang, outside Kuala Lumpur.

A fan poses at a “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” event at Sydney Opera House on Dec. 10, 2015, in Australia.

Harrison Ford greets fans at a “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” event at the Sydney Opera House on Dec. 10, 2015.

A costumed “Star Wars” fan stands in front of hundreds of miniature Stormtrooper figures placed atop the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall of China during a promotional event for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

A woman takes a picture of a scale model of the “Star Wars” Millennium Falcon spaceship displayed in a shopping mall in Hong Kong on Nov. 30, 2015. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” opens in Hong Kong on Dec. 17.

A visitor walks past displays of R2-D2 and C3PO during a “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” event in Madrid.

Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o, who was born in Mexico, answers reporters’ questions at a “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” event at a Mexico City mall on Dec. 8, 2015. The film opens in Mexico on Dec. 17.

A pedestrian walks past a store window filled with Stormtroopers as part of a “Star Wars”-themed Christmas display on Nov. 5, 2015, in Paris.

Actor John Boyega takes a selfie with, from left, actor Adam Driver, director J.J. Abrams and actress Daisy Ridley, plus a few dozen fans, during a promotional event for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens’” on Dec. 9, 2015, in Seoul.