Box office reports from over the weekend have revealed a new bump in the road for the Disney era of Lucasfilm’s Star Wars franchise, as director Jon Favreau’s Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, the feature film spin-off to the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, has just seen the poorest opening weekend performance for a Star Wars release.

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu sees Pedro Pascal reprise his role as bounty hunter Din Djarin, who finds a companion in Grogu, an infant of the species of the original character Yoda, in a story set after the Galactic Empire’s fall, where Djarin must rescue Rotta the Hut to earn information on a latest target. The script was penned by Favreua, Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor, with Jeremy Allen White, Jonny Coyne, Martin Scorsese, and Sigourney Weaver also appearing.

Despite reaching the top spot on the box office list as of today, it’s been reported that the latest installment in the sci-fi opera franchise racked up domestic earnings of $102 million alongside a worldwide $165 million. These grosses amount to $63-198 million and $135 million, respectively, less than the film’s $165-300 million budget.

This places Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu as the franchise’s lowest performing film during its opening weekend, beating Solo: A Star Wars Story by Ron Howard, which was the previous lowest-grossing film in the Star Wars franchise with a worldwide gross of $393 million from a budget of around $300 million (one of the most costly films ever made).

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The highest-grossing film in the Star Wars franchise is 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the seventh theatrically released installment in the franchise and the opening to the sequel trilogy (following the prequel trilogy). The film, directed by J.J Abrams, grossed $2.07 billion worldwide at the box office ($936.7 million domestically and $1.132 billion internationally) against a budget of $536 million (marking it as the most expensive film to date). It was the highest-grossing film of 2015 and broke the record for the highest-grossing opening weekend and the quickest to reach the $1 billion mark.

Meanwhile, Antoine Fuqua’s musical biopic, Michael, is exactly $11,952,811 away from reaching the $800 million mark, sitting as the second-highest-grossing release of 2026 and is $192.286641 million behind the current number one place holder, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie ($900 million).

Sources: The Guardian and Box Office Mojo

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