Disney is popping after a strong opening weekend for 'Rogue One'
Shares of the media titan are higher Monday morning after the latest installment of the Star Wars series, "Rogue One," pulled in a massive $290 million globally in its first weekend of release.
The $155 million for "Rogue One" in the US was the second-largest December opening for a movie except for last year's "Star Wars: Force Awakens."
It also sets up Disney to have the three-largest grossing films of the year, with "Rogue One" poised to join "Finding Dory" and "Captain America: Civil War" atop the box office leaderboard.
Following the strong showing at the box office, shares of Disney - which owns the Star Wars series - jumped over 2% to start the day, but had cooled off slightly to a 1.75% gain as of 10:16 a.m. ET.
The move also makes Disney the biggest gainer of the Dow Jones Industrial Average index members on Monday.
