Still, with a year that delivered such big ticket marquee names as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, and even Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, having Rogue One: A Star Wars Story lead the pack in pre-sales is yet another feather in the cap that Disney donned when it bought Lucasfilm back in 2012.
Fandango released this information today, which puts Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars spinoff right behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the companies’ first day pre-sales champ.
Then again, this was the expectation for a while now, as the site’s survey of fans and users named the Star Wars spin-off as the most anticipated film of 2016.