Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ninth biggest box office opening weekend in history

Zoe Samios

December 19, 2016 5:07

The latest Star Wars film has made weekend box office history, bumping Universal’s 2015 film Fast and Furious 7 into 10th place in the list of largest weekend openings to date.

Rogue One: Star Wars

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, created by Lucasfilm pulled in $14.757m on its first weekend in theatres.

The Star Wars spin off is the eighth in the franchise, and tells the story of how the rebel alliance stole the plans for the Death Star.

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Zoe Samios

Zoe Samios worked at Mumbrella between 2016 and 2019, finishing up as senior media reporter in March 2019.

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ninth biggest box office opening weekend in history

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