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Disney’s Star Wars: Rogue One continues its box office dominance, expected to rake in as much as $63.6 million in the US for the long holiday weekend to remain No. 1.

The sci-fi spinoff has been the top-grossing movie at the US box office since its premiere on December 16. To date, it’s made almost $439 million domestically alone, according to Deadline.

That makes it the second-biggest domestic release of 2016, behind another Disney movie, Finding Dory ($486 million). Rogue One needed only 16 days to to pass Captain America: Civil War ($408 million).

Rounding out the top five movies at the US box office this weekend were Sing ($54.8 million), Passengers ($20.6 million), Moana ($13.47 million), and Fences ($13 million). All of the numbers here and below are the high-end projections and include estimates for tomorrow, January 2, which is a holiday.

The video game movie Assassin’s Creed came in at No. 8, making as much as $10.4 million. The movie opened on December 21 and opened somewhat sluggishly.

Go to Deadline to see a full breakdown of this past weekend’s box office performance and projections.

Projections for the Top 10 Highest-Grossing Movies at the US Box Office (December 30-January 2)

1. Star Wars: Rogue One — $63.6 million
2. Sing — $54.8 million
3. Passengers — $20.6 million
4. Moana — $13.47 million
5. Fences — $13 million
6. Why Him — $12.9 million
7. La La Land — $12.3 million
8. Assassin’s Creed — $10.4 million
9. Manchester by the Sea — $5.35 million
10. Collateral Beauty — $5.5 million

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Megastar Ariana Grande has a role in a Final Fantasy mobile game. The singer announced on Instagram today that a character based on her will appear in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, which came out in 2016 for iOS and Android.

“Pretty lil thing holds her own in a room of men in suits ♡,” Grande wrote in the caption for the Instagram photo below. “I’m SO so excited to finally share that I’ll be featured in FINAL FANTASY BRAVE EXVIUS *crying*”

Regarding her character, Grande said, “It’s the cutest thing I’ve ever seen in my entire life and I’m so excited and in love with it I cannot contain myself.”

Grande’s character, DW, can be seen in the follow-up Instagram video below. The character is wearing Grande’s trademark bunny ears.

Grande played the character Cat Valentine in Nickelodeon’s Victorious before breaking out as a massively popular pop singer.

You can download Final Fantasy Brave Exvius through the links below:

• iTunes
• Google Play

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The winners of Valve’s first-ever Steam Awards have been revealed.

This isn’t your normal, everyday awards show, however. The categories included things like “Villain Most In Need Of A Hug” and “‘The Whoooaaaaaaa, dude!’ Award,” among other wonderful ones.

Below you can see a full rundown of categories and winners, as rounded up by Kotaku. Go to Steam’s website to get more details on the selections, including runner-ups and category descriptions.

The games were voted on by Steam users, who received a Steam Awards Trading Card for taking part. The winners were announced today, December 31, at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET.

Steam Awards 2016 Winners:

• Villain Most In Need Of A Hug — Portal 2
• I Thought This Game Was Cool Before It Won An Award — Euro Truck Simulator 2
• Test Of Time — Skyrim
• Just Five More Minutes — Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• “Whoooaaaaaaa, dude!” — Grand Theft Auto V
• Game Within A Game — Grand Theft Auto V
• I’m Not Crying, There’s Something In My Eye — Telltale’s The Walking Dead
• Best Use Of A Farm Animal — Goat Simulator
• Boom Boom – Doom
• Love/Hate Relationship — Dark Souls III
• Sit Back And Relax — Euro Truck Simulator 2
• Better With Friends — Left 4 Dead 2

What do you make of these results? Let us know in the comments below!

GameSpot’s own Game of the Year for 2016 was Blizzard’s hero shooter Overwatch—read more here.

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The mascot for Hideo Kojima’s new studio is getting its own real-world statue. Kojima Productions and Prime 1 Studio have announced a 1/2 scale statue of the mascot, Ludens, who is wearing some kind of extra-vehicular activity (EVA) suit. Ludens also holds a flag that has the Kojima Productions logo on it.

According to the statue’s official description, the design “has a high-tech feel, giving him a nostalgic ambiance. The surface of his EVA suit has ‘Turing pattern’-like elements that slightly rotate, inspired by the Turing machine.” It was designed by Metal Gear designer Yoji Shinkawa.

The statue is incredibly rare, as only 150 are being made, and they’ll be signed by Kojima himself. It stands 63 inches tall and has LED lights on the helmet.

You can preorder one right here on the Sideshow website. The statue won’t ship for a very long time, however, as it’s not slated to go out until sometime in the January-March 2018. You can pay $2000 all at once or put down a $200 deposit and then pay the remainder with monthly payments of $225.

There is a limit of one per person. Go the Sideshow website to learn more. To get a closer look at the statue, click through the images in the gallery below–note that this is only a prototype for now.

Kojima and his team are currently working on the mysterious and intriguing PlayStation 4 game, Death Stranding. No release date has been set, but Kojima teased it could land in 2018.

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