Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has scored the second-best December opening in history and one of the top debuts in history with $155m (£124m) in estimated ticket sales over the weekend.

The latest instalment of the intergalactic adventure opened at number one in all markets globally, though it has yet to open in China and Korea.

"We're in uncharted territory for December," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box office tracker comScore.

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"It's going to be really hard for any movie to catch up to this movie... This is only the second time a movie has opened this big in December."

The record-setter was Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the space saga's seventh instalment, which debuted to $247.9m (£199m) in the US and Canada last December.


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Like The Force Awakens did in 2015, Rogue One could top the box office for the rest of the year, Mr Dergarabedian said.

Set before the events of the original 1977 Star Wars, it stars Felicity Jones and Diego Luna as leaders of a rebel faction that steals plans for its imperial enemy's master weapon, the Death Star.

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Rogue One knocked the number one movie for the past three weeks, Disney's Moana, to a distant second with $11.6m (£9.2), followed by Office Christmas Party with $8.4m (£6.3m).