Box Office: ‘Rogue One’ Lands $29 Million in Biggest Thursday Preview of the Year

16 December 2016 8:41 AM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »

“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” has landed with a massive $29 million in Thursday night preview showings in North America.

It was the biggest Thursday preview of the year ahead of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” with $27.7 million and “Captain America: Civil War” with $25 million — and the seventh-largest of all time. “Rogue One” took in $3.7 million in North America  from 401 Imax screens on Thursday night in the widest domestic release for the giant-screen format.

The eighth Star Wars movie has also begun its international run with $33 milllion in its first two days on Wednesday and Thursday with $5 million in the U.K, $3.6 million in Australia and $3.1 million each from Germany and France. “Rogue One” posted the highest opening day of 2016 in Australia, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Scandinavia and Switzerland.

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