Disney’s ‘Rogue One’ Surges With $155.1 Million Weekend Haul
- Movie helps Disney hit $7 billion globally, an industry first
- ‘Star Wars’ prequel trailed last year’s ‘The Force Awakens’
Will 'Rogue One' Make Star Wars Fans Happy?
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“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” posted the second-biggest December opening weekend ever, validating Walt Disney Co.’s strategy of spinning new stories and characters off the sci-fi classic.
The feature, a prequel to the original 1977 “Star Wars,” collected an estimated $155.1 million in theaters in the U.S. and Canada, ComScore Inc. said in an e-mail Monday. Last year’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” holds the record for the largest December opening weekend, with $248 million.