The Mandalorian and Grogu is projected to open with approximately $80 million, which is on the lower end of Star Wars movie performance. Some previous Star Wars movies have achieved twice this amount, indicating this film may underperform compared to the franchise's historical box office averages.
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The Mandalorian and Grogu movie is set to open in theaters worldwide on May 22, and its performance will test whether Star Wars still belongs on the big screen. #starwars #yoda #disney #worldnews #usa The film's director, Jon Favreau, says he feels responsibility to make a case for people to come to the theater and not feel like they're just getting another season of the show. The success of The Mandalorian and Grogu could be the first in a pipeline of TV-to-theater titles that send Disney+ subscribers to the movies, but if it fails, Lucasfilm will have to rekindle the romance between Star Wars and its fans in cinemas. Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-15/disney-hopes-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-revives-star-wars-in-theaters ---------- Like this video? Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@Bloomberg-News Bloomberg News is the first word in business news. Visit bloomberg.com for the latest on global business, markets and more. Get unlimited access to Bloomberg.com for $1.99/month for the first 3 months: https://www.bloomberg.com/subscriptions?in_source=YoutubeOriginals Bloomberg on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@business https://www.youtube.com/@markets https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergTechnology https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergPodcasts Connect with us on social: https://www.instagram.com/bloombergbusiness https://www.linkedin.com/company/bloomberg-news https://www.tiktok.com/@bloombergbusiness https://www.facebook.com/bloombergbusiness
I Chris Palmieri here from Bloomberg News and I'm at the premiere of Mandalorian and Grogu. This is the first new Star Wars movie to come to theaters in 7 years. It's coming out Memorial Day weekend, which is a good thing. It's got pretty much a whole runway. No other big movies coming out. That said, it's projected to open with about $80 million. It's on the low end of Star Wars movies. Some have done as many as twice that. But once again, [music] it's directed by Jon Favreau who did the TV series on Disney Plus that it's based on. And starring Pedro Pascal, [music] Werner Herzog, and and other folks. So certainly the Star Wars fans will be coming out to see it. But it's really a test of whether people who aren't Star Wars fans are going to come to what's essentially a a TV series that they're turning into a movie as opposed to an original Star Wars film.
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