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Baby Yoda re-sets ‘Star Wars’ films with $165 million global opening

Daily Maverick · · 362 words · By Reuters
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14 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The movie topped box office charts in the United States and Canada”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that 'Mandalorian and Grogu' topped the charts in the U.S. and Canada, with one source citing $82 million in ticket sales.
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web search NEUTRAL — 17 hours ago ... Studio estimates on Sunday say “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,” has made $82 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada over the ...
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/entertainment/article/box-o…
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web search NEUTRAL — 18 hours ago ... 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 ...
https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2026-05-2…
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web search NEUTRAL — Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu is a 2026 American science fiction film directed by Jon Favreau, who co-wrote the film with Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandalorian_and_Grogu
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“it was expected to bring in about $102-million”
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One source explicitly mentions the movie lifted off with $102 million over the weekend, aligning with the projection/result mentioned in the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Din Grogu () or simply Grogu, colloquially referred to as Baby Yoda, is a character from the Star Wars Disney+ original television series The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. He is an infant mem…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grogu
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mandalorian, also known as Star Wars: The Mandalorian, is an American space Western television series created by Jon Favreau for the streaming service Disney+. It is the first live-action series i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandalorian
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (called The Mandalorian and Grogu on screen) is a 2026 American science fiction film directed by Jon Favreau, who co-wrote the film with Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandalorian_and_Grogu
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“rank as the smallest opening for any “Star Wars” film under Disney”
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Multiple sources confirm it had the lowest opening for a Disney Star Wars film, specifically mentioning it failed to surpass the opening of 'Solo'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Din Grogu () or simply Grogu, colloquially referred to as Baby Yoda, is a character from the Star Wars Disney+ original television series The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. He is an infant mem…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grogu
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Star Wars: Starfighter is an upcoming American space opera film directed by Shawn Levy and written by Jonathan Tropper. Produced by Lucasfilm and 21 Laps Entertainment, and set to be distributed by Wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Starfighter
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (called The Mandalorian and Grogu on screen) is a 2026 American science fiction film directed by Jon Favreau, who co-wrote the film with Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandalorian_and_Grogu
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““Mandalorian and Grogu,” the first “Star Wars” movie in seven years”
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Five independent cross-references (Flipboard, NYPost, EuroNews, CNBC) and Wikipedia all confirm this is the first Star Wars film in seven years.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (called The Mandalorian and Grogu on screen) is a 2026 American science fiction film directed by Jon Favreau, who co-wrote the film with Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandalorian_and_Grogu
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Star Wars franchise has spawned multiple films and television series. Two animated series were released in the mid-1980s. Further animated series began to be released in the 2000s, the first two o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_television_s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Din Grogu () or simply Grogu, colloquially referred to as Baby Yoda, is a character from the Star Wars Disney+ original television series The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. He is an infant mem…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grogu
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“The duo debuted on television in the Disney+ streaming series “The Mandalorian” in 2019”
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Wikipedia entries for 'The Mandalorian' and 'Grogu' confirm the characters debuted in the Disney+ series in 2019.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The third season of the American television series The Mandalorian is part of the Star Wars franchise, set after the events of the film Return of the Jedi (1983). It continues the story of a bounty hu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandalorian_season_3
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (called The Mandalorian and Grogu on screen) is a 2026 American science fiction film directed by Jon Favreau, who co-wrote the film with Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandalorian_and_Grogu
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mandalorian, also known as Star Wars: The Mandalorian, is an American space Western television series created by Jon Favreau for the streaming service Disney+. It is the first live-action series i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandalorian
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“More than 13-million Grogu toys were sold in the first two years after the TV series debuted”
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Only one specific web search result mentions the figure of 13 million Grogu toys sold in the first two years; other sources do not mention toy sales.
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 hours ago ... The character is also featured in the film The Mandalorian and Grogu. The puppet was designed by Legacy Effects. Actor Adam Pally has stated that showrunner Jon ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grogu
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web search NEUTRAL — 18 hours ago ... Baby Yoda brought crowds to movie theaters over the U.S. Memorial Day weekend, putting "Star Wars" film "The Mandalorian and Grogu" on ...
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/disneys-new-star-wars-film…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 hours ago ... 'THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU' has earned $145M in its worldwide opening weekend at the box office. The latest Star Wars film kicked off its ...
https://www.facebook.com/FirstCuriosity/posts/the-mandaloria…
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“Disney put new “Star Wars” movies on hold after 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker””
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Web search results indicate Disney shifted focus or removed other projects (like Rey Skywalker) from the slate after the sequels and Solo, effectively putting theatrical films on hold until this release.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 28, 2025 ... According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lucasfilm has shifted its focus to 'The Mandalorian & Grogu', a new Star Wars movie directed by Jon Favreau ...
https://www.facebook.com/comicbookdotcom/posts/after-what-ha…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 16, 2024 ... Disney removes 'Rey Skywalker Star Wars' movie from 2026 slate - Last year, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy said the new film would follow Rey as she ...
https://www.reddit.com/r/scifi/comments/1gsq18u/disney_remov…
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web search NEUTRAL — The film is set to release in 2027, and at the time of announcement was already in production. Just this week, Lucasfilm announced the official casting, which ...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10300394/news/
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“Disney’s lowest-grossing “Star Wars” film, “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” brought in $103-million over the 2018 Memorial Day weekend”
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The claim states 'Solo' brought in $103 million over the 2018 Memorial Day weekend, but the evidence from a news source explicitly states 'Solo' opened to $84 million over that weekend.
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago ... TheMandalorianAndGrogu has earned $12M in previews, coming in $2.1M behind “Solo: A Star Wars Story.” wp.me/pc8uak-1lHiMi • “The Mandalorian ...
https://www.facebook.com/Variety/posts/themandalorianandgrog…
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web search NEUTRAL — 13 hours ago ... Prior to this weekend, that unfortunate distinction belonged to 2018's spinoff “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” which opened to $84 million over the ...
https://www.jedinews.com/film-music-tv/articles/the-mandalor…
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web search NEUTRAL — Despite this, it was the first Star Wars film to be a box-office bomb, grossing $393 million worldwide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo:_A_Star_Wars_Story
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“costing about $165-million to make rather than the typical $300 million-plus”
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Multiple sources (THR via web search and other reports) cite the production budget as approximately $165 million.
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web search NEUTRAL — Grogu toys, since the launch of the Disney+ series, count 13 million toys sold during their first two years of release.Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu had a reported production budget of $165 to $1…
https://deadline.com/2026/05/box-office-mandalorian-and-grog…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Mandalorian and Grogu is made on an estimated budget of $165 million, according to THR. This implies it would need to earn around $412.5 million to break even at the box office, using the commonly…
https://www.koimoi.com/hollywood-news/star-wars-the-mandalor…
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web search NEUTRAL — ‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ Flies to a Steady $165 Million Global Box Office Opening. 6 hours ago.Jon Favreau says the movie-level budget for ‘THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU’ allowed them to bring creatures to l…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“Verified moviegoers gave the movie an 89% positive score, compared with 62% of critics, according to the Rotten Tomatoes website”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Rotten Tomatoes scores for this movie.
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““Star Wars” debuted in 1977”
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“became one of the highest-grossing movie franchises of all time with more than $10-billion in global ticket sales”
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“Disney purchased the franchise from creator George Lucas in 2012”
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“The next movie, “Star Wars: Starfighter” featuring Ryan Gosling, is scheduled to hit cinemas in May 2027”
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