By Esita Mallik
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu kicked off their global rollout on Wednesday. The film is eyeing a strong opening weekend at the box office worldwide. The movie is expected to beat the lowest-grossing Star Wars movie’s worldwide haul to avoid becoming the lowest-grossing Star Wars movie ever, and in its opening weekend alone. Keep scrolling for the deets.
How much is the upcoming movie expected to earn on its opening weekend?
According to reports, the Pedro Pascal-starrer Star Wars movie is tracking a modest opening weekend at the domestic and worldwide box office. The Jon Favreau movie is expected to earn between $65 million and $75 million in its three-day weekend and between $75 million and $85 million over the five-day opening overseas. Therefore, it is eyeing a global opening weekend between $140 million and $160 million. It will be around the global debut weekend for Solo, which was $153 million.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is the lowest-grossing film in the entire Star Wars franchise.
Excluding Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, there are 12 movies overall in the Star Wars film franchise. For the unversed, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, directed by Dave Filoni, is the first animated film in the Star Wars franchise and takes place after Attack of the Clones at the start of the Clone Wars. It is the lowest-grossing movie in the Star Wars franchise, earning just $68.2 million worldwide [via Box Office Mojo].





