Published Jun 6, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT
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The Mandalorian and Grogu has been blasted out of the domestic Top 5.
2026's The Mandalorian and Grogu, which is a follow-up to the three-season Disney+ streaming series The Mandalorian, is the first movie in the Star Wars franchise to debut in seven years and the 12th live-action theatrical installment overall. The movie, which was directed by the series' creator Jon Favreau, follows the continued adventures of the bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his young ward Grogu (known colloquially as "Baby Yoda"). The movie opened at No. 1 with an $81.7 million 3-day haul (the lowest in the franchise since 1999) before being knocked to No. 3 in its sophomore weekend.
Per Deadline, as of Saturday morning, The Mandalorian and Grogu is projected to earn a 3-day domestic total of $9.5 million this weekend, dropping a brutal 61% from its sophomore weekend haul. This sees the movie set to fall to No. 6, behind the new releases Scary Movie (No. 1 with a projected $56 million) and Masters of the Universe (No. 2 with $30.1 million), the holdover horror hits Backrooms (No. 4 with $25.7 million) and Obsession (No. 4 with $24.8 million), and the Fathom Events presentation The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act (No. 5 with $14 million)
If these numbers hold (which they should, given the considerable lead that The Amazing Digital Circus has), The Mandalorian and Grogu will officially become the quickest live-action Star Wars movie to exit the domestic Top 5. By being knocked off the chart after just two weekends, it has fallen behind the franchise's previous lows, which were the four-weekend stints of 2017's Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi and 2018's Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Below, see a breakdown of the first 10 weekends of each of the live-action Star Wars movies, marking their chart position through the first weekend that they dropped out of the Top 5 (please note that chart information is foggy for certain weekends during the runs of the original trilogy):
|
A New Hope (1977) |
1 |
N/A |
N/A |
3 |
1 |
N/A |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
30+ weekends |
|
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) |
1 |
N/A |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
13+ weekends |
|
Return of the Jedi (1983) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
N/A |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
12 weekends |
|
The Phantom Menace (1999) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
6 weekends |
|||
|
Attack of the Clones (2002) |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
5 weekends |
||||
|
Revenge of the Sith (2005) |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
5 weekends |
||||
|
The Force Awakens (2015) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
8 weekends |
|
|
Rogue One (2016) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
5 weekends |
||||
|
The Last Jedi (2017) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
4 weekends |
|||||
|
Solo (2018) |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
4 weekends |
|||||
|
The Rise of Skywalker (2019) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
5 weekends |
||||
|
The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026) |
1 |
3 |
6 |
2 weekends |
While The Mandalorian and Grogu reviews have been reasonably positive (earning it 62% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and 87% from verified audience members), the new release seems to have been entirely frontloaded at the domestic box office. This casts extreme doubt on its ability to turn a profit in theaters.
While the movie is relatively inexpensive for a modern Star Wars movie, it still reportedly cost $165 million, which could place its estimated theatrical break-even point as high as $412 million. Even though it has already earned more than $250 million worldwide, it seems unlikely that it will even break $400 million by the end of its run, considering the fact that it has been consistently trailing behind Solo, which only legged out to a global total of $392.9 million.
Ultimately, The Mandalorian and Grogu still has a shot at ending up in the black overall, thanks to merchandise sales as well as the revenue from its impending digital, streaming, and physical media releases. However, the fact that it might not break even in theaters is still damaging, and could result in some of the planned upcoming Star Wars movies being delayed or retooled.
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Release Date May 20, 2026
Runtime 132 minutes
Writers Noah Kloor
English (US) ·