Disney’s smash hitRogue One: A Star Wars Storycontinues to work its way up thebox office charts, recently passingCaptain America: Civil Waras the second highest grossing movie domestically, behindFinding Dory($486.3 million). While it should be just a matter of time beforeRogue OnesurpassesFinding Doryon the domestic charts, this belovedStar Warsspin-off just passed another milestone on the worldwide charts, crossing the $800 million mark with $800.7 million. This movie also helped Disney make history of its own, becoming the first studio ever to record over $3 billion at the domestic box office.
As of now,Rogue Onehas earned $439.7 million at the domestic box office and $361.7 million in international markets for its worldwide tally of $800.7 million, after just three weeks in theaters. Barring a steep drop-off in the weeks ahead, it should have no trouble crossing the $1 billion worldwide mark, especially since it still has one major worldwide market left to open in. On Friday, January 6,Rogue Onewill debut in China, and if the grosses forStar Wars: The Force Awakensare any indication, it should have a huge showing in the Middle Kingdom.Star Wars: The Force Awakensearned $124.1 million in China, the second highest international market behind the U.K.’s $163.5 million.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Storyis just a small part of Disney’s phenomenal year at the box office, as it became the first studio in history to cross $3 billion at thedomestic box office.The Wrapreports that Disney earned $3.001 billion domestically, in the calendar year between June 25, 2025 and August 15, 2025, along with a record-breaking $4.604 billion internationally for an all-time worldwide record of $7.605 billion. Last year, the studio broke records for domestic ($2.279 billion), international ($3.565 billion) and global ($5.844 billion) box office, as they shattered their own records this year.
The studio has an estimated domestic market share of 26.5% for 2016, which includes 13 new releases, plus revenue fromStar Wars: The Force Awakenswithin the 2016 calendar year. The studio is responsible for four of the top 5 movies on the domestic charts, withFinding Dory,Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryandCaptain America: Civil Wartaking the top three spots, followed by Universal’sSecret Life of Pets($368.3 million) and Disney’sThe Jungle Book($364 million). Disney is also responsible for seven movies in the top 12 domestically, withZootopia($341.2 million) in seventh place,Doctor Strange($230.2 million) in 10th place andMoana($213.3 million) in 12th place.
On the international charts, Disney’sCaptain America: Civil War($1.1 billion),Finding Dory($1.027 billion),Zootopia($1.023 billion) andThe Jungle Book($966.6 million) hold the top four spots.Rogue One: A Star Wars Storyis currently in seventh place at theworldwide box officewith $800.7 million withDoctor Strangein 11th place worldwide with $657.8 million. This 2017 calendar year could be even bigger for Disney, with the release of several highly-anticipated movies such asBeauty and the Beast(June 09, 2025),Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2(July 17, 2025),Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales(July 01, 2025),Cars 3(July 02, 2025),Spider-Man: Homecoming(July 16, 2025),Thor: Ragnarok(July 20, 2025) andStar Wars: Episode VIII(July 07, 2025).
