‘Rogue One’ tops holiday weekend box office with $96.1M

LOS ANGELES – “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” continues to soar at the box office, adding $96.1 million in ticket sales and beating a spate of new releases to remain No. 1 over the holiday weekend.

The animated animal tale “Sing” won the battle for second place with a $54.9 million debut. Three other new releases, “Passengers,” “Why Him?” and “Assassin’s Creed,” rounded out the top five.

Ticket sales have already topped $11 billion for the year in the U.S. and Canada, according to comScore.

Last week’s take / total take (weeks in release)

1. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” $96,119,405 / $318,119,079 (2)

2. “Sing” $54,931,630 / $75,544,270 (1)

3. “Passengers” $22,685,000 / $30,010,201 (1)

4. “Why Him?” $15,536,420 / $15,536,420 (1)

5. “Assassin’s Creed” $14,800,946 / $22,293,344 (1)

6. “Moana” $12,554,860 / $185,587,051 (5)

7. “Fences” $11,600,170 / $11,791,685 (2)

8. “La La Land” $9,242,782 / $17,125,493 (3)

9. “Office Christmas Party” $7,047,209 / $44,086,811 (3)

10. “Collateral Beauty” $6,375,000 / $17,376,500 (2)