Rogue One set for a huge global opening of £280 million

There’s no question that ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ is going to be one of the biggest movies of the year.

But the numbers being predicted by analysts for its global opening are pretty galactic.

Deadline has the movie opening in the range of $280 million to $350 million (at the top end, nearly £280 million).

In the US alone, it should open to between $140 million and $150 million.

And while that figure is shy of ‘The Force Awaken’s monstrous debut haul of $529 million, it’s still a huge sum, putting it on level footing with movies like ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ and ‘Captan America: Civil War’.

All this means that it’s certainly not out of the question that it will break the $1 billion mark, making that $4 billion Disney paid for Lucasfilm prior to making ‘The Force Awakens’ feel like a bit of a bargain.

The movie stars British actress Felicity Jones as a rebel operative, recruited to help steal the schematics of the Death Star, in a prequel to ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’.

And it’s already getting serious buzz from early screening audiences and critics – though reviews are still embargoed for a few more days.

Also starring Riz Ahmed, Forest Whitaker, Diego Luna, Donnie Yen, Ben Mendelsohn, Alan Tudyk, and Mads Mikkelsen, it’s due out on December 15.

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