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).
According to Coming Soon, Rogue One is currently the second-highest grossing domestic release of last year, and the seventh-highest grossing film worldwide.
This caution, it seems, was misplaced as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has now passed the $800 million mark, with the movie yet to release in China.
Off the back of these successes, a certain level of arrogance would from the titanic studio might be forgiven.