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Will the Force be with Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu at the box office? Star Wars Movies has emerged this Saturday as one of the stories drawing attention in Australia.

Key facts

• Will the Force be with Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu at the box office?
• 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.
• 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.
• Lucasfilm also has next year’s Star Wars: Starfighter on the docket, from director Shawn Levy and star Ryan Gosling.

What we know

Going deeper, 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.

On the substance, 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.

Beyond the headlines, the marketing campaign for Mandalorian and Grogu will go into overdrive on May the 4th, the unofficial Star Wars holiday.

More precisely, Lucasfilm also has next year’s Star Wars: Starfighter on the docket, from director Shawn Levy and star Ryan Gosling.

It is worth noting that Filoni and Favreau have both stressed that moviegoers didn’t need to be Star Wars history buffs to understand The Mandalorian, since it features new characters, including Pedro Pascal‘s Mandalorian.

By the numbers

At this stage, 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, four-day Memorial Day weekend, according to sources with access to the data.

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Going deeper, Last year’s Memorial Day tentpole was the Tom Cruise-led Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, which debuted to $79 million.

On the substance, Among other offerings, Lucasfilm will show 25 minutes of footage of The Mandalorian and the Grogu in select Imax theaters across the globe.

The wider context

On a related note, Watch the superstar Grogu as he meets the demands of a heavy media schedule.

Going deeper, Jon Favreau on The Mandalorian and Grogu and bringing “a whole new generation of people into Star Wars”

On the substance, Directed by Jon Favreau, the movie is a big screen continuation of Disney+’s streaming series 'The Mandalorian.

Beyond the headlines, Sigourney Weaver and Jeremy Allen White also star in Mandalorian and Grogu.

More precisely, Debuting on Disney+ in 2019, Favreau’s The Mandalorian became a watercooler sensation thanks in large part to Baby Yoda, aka Grogu.

The bottom line

• 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.
• The marketing campaign for Mandalorian and Grogu will go into overdrive on May the 4th, the unofficial Star Wars holiday.
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