Even though The Mandalorian and Grogu is the first Star Wars film in seven years, its box office numbers are projected on the low side.
The film, directed by Jon Favreau, is set to follow a new adventure with Pedro Pascal's Din Djarin and his tiny green charge Baby Yoda, AKA Grogu.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie is projected to bring in around $80 million domestically in its opening weekend, which spans the four days of Memorial Day weekend. Solo, in comparison, brought in $103 million domestically over its own Memorial Day opening weekend. Solo is the lowest-grossing Star Wars movie and is the only live-action Star Wars film to be considered a box office flop.
Solo, released only a few months after The Last Jedi back in 2018, went on to gross $392.9 worldwide.
Still, THR says this number fits with what Disney and Lucasfilm are expecting for The Mandalorian and Grogu, and, as Favreau has pointed out before, this is a more grounded adventure than the saga's bigger fare.
"Anybody who saw the sequels knows that there's a First Order coming in, like, 20 years from where we are now in the storyline," he shared recently. "And then Ahsoka season 2 is coming out – which I've seen all of – and that's definitely more dealing with the larger [picture], a higher level. That's about the officers, and we're the enlisted men – this is more of a ground-level experience of what's going on. You're seeing the backdrop – which, by the way, is what the first Star Wars started off as."
Along with Pascal, The Mandalorian and Grogu also stars Jeremy Allen White as Rotta the Hutt and Sigourney Weaver as Colonel Ward.
The film arrives this May 22. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and TV shows for everything else the galaxy far, far away has in store.
