A new Star Wars movie, 'The Mandalorian and Grogu', made $82 million in ticket sales from 4,300 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, exceeding opening weekend expectations but closer to 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' in terms of box office performance. Although critics were mixed to negative on the movie, ticket buyers overall gave it an A CinemaScore.
After nearly seven years away from the big screen, a new Star Wars movie drew healthy but not record-breaking crowds to global theaters this weekend.
The movie, titled 'Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu', made $82 million in ticket sales from 4,300 theaters in the U.S. and Canada. By the end of Monday's Memorial Day holiday, it's expected to have earned $102 million domestically and $165 million globally.
It exceeded opening weekend expectations for the movie, a continuation of Disney+ spinoff series 'The Mandalorian', but it's also on the low end of Disney-era Star Wars releases, closer to 'Solo: A Star Wars Story', which made $103 million over the four-day Memorial Day frame in 2018. Although critics were mixed to negative on the movie (it currently carries a 63% on Rotten Tomatoes), ticket buyers overall gave it an A CinemaScore.
Boys under the age of 13 are especially high on the movie: They gave it an A CinemaScore and a perfect five on PostTrak. Parents also gave it a five out of five. The Jon Favreau-directed movie stars Pedro Pascal as the titular bounty hunter and puts him and his tiny green companion on a mission to save Jabba's son Rotta the Hutt, who is voiced by Jeremy Allen White.
The movie could also be graded on a bit of a curve because of the streaming component, both that it started as a series and that it will eventually end up as a value add on Disney+, which was only about a month old when the last Star Wars movie, 'The Rise of Skywalker', debuted in December 2019. Star Wars as a brand is in a time of transition under its new leadership team of Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan; Earlier this year it was announced that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, who produced 'Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu', was stepping down after 13 years.
The question for the industry is whether audience interest in Star Wars on the big screen might have cooled slightly, and if next year's 'Star Wars: Starfighter', starring Ryan Gosling, will provide a definitive answer. Until then, the hope is that strong audience and exit scores will propel word-of-mouth generated enthusiasm in the coming weeks. The moviegoers rule, said Paul Dergarabedian, the head of marketplace trends for Comscore.
'The moviegoers rule,' he said. 'I think given the audience reaction and the scores that are coming from parents and kids, this is going to be in it for the long haul. ' Word-of-mouth certainly helped Curry Barker's relationship horror movie 'Obsession' defy the standard box office trajectory and do better business in its second weekend. The Focus Features had an astonishing 30% uptick in ticket sales, earning $22.4 million from 2,655 theaters.
'That's really unheard of,' said Dergarabedian. 'And it is a testament to how this social media buzz from younger viewers is fueling the FOMO factor. ' The studio, which acquired the microbudget movie for some $15 million, is projecting that it will have made $28.2 million by the end of Monday, bringing its running total to $58.5 million. It snagged the second-place spot, while 'Michael' landed in third place with $20 million for the three-day weekend.
The Michael Jackson biopic has now earned $782.4 million.
'Obsession' also did better than the new horror movie 'Passenger', a Paramount Pictures release with Melissa Leo, which grossed an estimated $8.7 million from 2,534 locations. It's expected to earn $10.5 million over its first four days. The movie received poor reviews from both critics (44% on Rotten Tomatoes) and audiences (B- Cinema Score). Boots Riley's colorful shoplifting caper meets surreal social satire 'I Love Boosters' also opened this weekend to $3.7 million.
The Neon release stars Keke Palmer and Demi Moore. The mix of movies this year didn't hold a candle to last year's record Memorial Day weekend, which was led by Disney's live-action 'Lilo & Stitch' and 'Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning'. The overall four-day frame this year will net out around $211 million, down about 36% from last year's $330 million.
It's also far from the disastrous 2024 Memorial Day weekend box office, a 30-year low, when 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' opened. With final domestic figures being released Tuesday, this list factors in estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. theaters
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