Walt Disney Studios smashed box office records in 2016, thanks to such hits as Disney/Pixar’s sequel Finding Dory, Walt Disney Animation’s Zootopia, Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Civil War and Disney’s live-action The Jungle Book. Off the back of these successes, a certain level of arrogance would from the titanic studio might be forgiven. Yet, prior to the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Disney CEO Bob Iger made sure to stress that the spin-off was not expected to match the lofty commercial success of the previous year’s Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (which grossed more than $2 billion worldwide).
This caution, it seems, was misplaced as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has now passed the $800 million mark, with the movie ...
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