\u201cRogue One: A Star Wars Story\u201d hit $1 billion at the global box office this weekend, after earning $7 million domestically over the three days.
\u201cRogue One\u2019s\u201d total domestic gross climbed to $512.2 million. The film opened on Dec. 16 to great reviews \u2014 the film now holds a \u201cfresh\u201d Rotten Tomatoes score of 85 percent.
Last year, \u201cStar Wars: The Force Awakens\u201d took only 12 days to hit the $1 billion global box office mark \u2014 the fastest film to ever cross the benchmark.
Disney\u2019s \u201cMoana\u201d also hit a major milestone this weekend: The animated film featuring the voices of Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson and Auli\u2019i Cravalho has passed the $500 million worldwide mark.
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It\u2019s the fourth consecutive Walt Disney Animation Studios to reach this milestone, following \u201cFrozen,\u201d \u201cBig Hero 6,\u201d and \u201cZootopia.\u201d Domestically, the movie has earned $236 million.
\u201cRogue One\u201d has proven a worldwide success in most territories (except China, where it has underperformed).
Directed by Gareth Edwards, the \u201cStar Wars\u201d prequel stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker.
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Jones plays rebellion leader Jyn Erso. It takes place between the prequel and original trilogies and depicts Erso\u2019s efforts to steal the plans for the Death Star, the ultimate weapon of the Galactic Empire, which has terrorized children everywhere since the first \u201cStar Wars\u201d in 1977.
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