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BOX OFFICE: ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Scores $71 Million Friday For Massive $150+ Million Weekend |
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Saturday, 17 December 2016 08:13 |
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Including Thursday night previews, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story earned a massive $71.1 million on Friday, and that puts it on track to meet estimates that it will gross $145 million - $155 million over the weekend. With a budget of around $200 million and an A CinemaScore, this is a great start for Disney and Lucasfilm's first Anthology movie, though it surprisingly won't top Captain America: Civil War and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice over the course of its first few days of release in North America!
Last year, Star Wars: The Force Awakens debuted with $247.9 million, but a big part of why Rogue One hasn't matched that is no doubt because of the lack of nostalgia. Yes, it takes place before the events of A New Hope (and features the return of Darth Vader), but The Force Awakens was the first Star Wars movie for years and brought back Harrison Ford as Han Solo. That was always Read more: |
