Box Office: ‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ Tracking for $80 Million Launch
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Directed by Jon Favreau, the movie is a big screen continuation of Disney+’s streaming series 'The Mandalorian.'
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Will the Force be with Star Wars : The Mandalorian and Grogu at the box office ? If prerelease tracking is right, the Jon Favreau -directed movie — a continuation of his Disney+ series The Mandalorian — will open in the $80 million range at the domestic box office over the long Memorial Day weekend, according to sources with access to the data. That’s in line with expectations from Lucasfilm and Disney, according to insiders. While it is the first Star Wars film on the big screen since COVID, it doesn’t face the same pressure that a title in the core franchise would, such as 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker , which opened to $177.3 million. Lucasfilm also has next year’s Star Wars: Starfighter on the docket, from director Shawn Levy and star Ryan Gosling. Related Stories TV Gina Carano's Long Way Back Music Box Office Stunner: 'Michael' Over the Moon With Record $97M U.S. Opening, $219M Globally Last year’s Memorial Day tentpole was the Tom Cruise-led Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning , which debuted to $79 million. In 2018, Solo: A Star Wars Story — a prequel spin-off — opened to $84 million domestically over the three-day Memorial Day weekend and $104 million for the four days. The marketing campaign for Mandalorian and Grogu will go into overdrive on May the 4th, the unofficial Star Wars holiday. Among other offerings, Lucasfilm will show 25 minutes of footage of The Mandalorian and the Grogu in select Imax theaters across the globe. Favreau, also creator of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian , directed the movie from a script he co-wrote with Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor. Filoni, a George Lucas protege, was upped to oversee the creative direction of Lucasfilm as president and chief creative officer earlier this year, follow...
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