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Disney's 'Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu' tallies lowest Thursday preview sales in franchise history

Cnbc · · 613 words · By Sarah Whitten
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15 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“"Star Wars" returns to the big screen for the first time in seven years this weekend”
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Multiple web sources confirm that 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' is the first Star Wars theatrical release in nearly seven years (since 2019/2018).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Star Wars franchise involves multiple live-action and animated films, occurring within its all-encompassing fictional universe. The series was initially created as a trilogy set in medias res (par…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_films
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Star Wars is an American media franchise created by George Lucas. The space opera saga began with the original Star Wars film (1977) and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon. It has expan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an American animated science fiction television series created by George Lucas and produced by Lucasfilm Animation. Set between Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clone…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars
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“Disney's "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu" tallied $12 million in Thursday night preview sales”
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Two independent box office reports confirm that 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' earned approximately $12 million in Thursday night previews.
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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: The Mandalorian and Grogu is a 2026 American science fiction action-adventure film directed by Jon Favreau, who co-wrote the film with Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor. Produced by Lucasfilm and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandalorian_and_Grogu
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mandalorian and Grogu – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the film score to the 2026 film of the same name composed and conducted by Ludwig Göransson. The soundtrack album was released in both…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandalorian_and_Grogu_(sou…
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“"Solo: A Star Wars Story" was the previous low bar with $14.1 million in preshow tickets back in 2018”
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While Wikipedia confirms 'Solo' was released in 2018, the specific figure of $14.1 million in preshow tickets is not corroborated by the provided evidence snippets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Star Wars franchise involves multiple live-action and animated films, occurring within its all-encompassing fictional universe. The series was initially created as a trilogy set in medias res (par…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_films
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a 2016 American epic space opera film directed by Gareth Edwards and written by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy. Produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_One
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Solo: A Star Wars Story is a 2018 American space Western film directed by Ron Howard and written by Jonathan and Lawrence Kasdan. Produced by Lucasfilm Ltd., and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Mot…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo:_A_Star_Wars_Story
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“"Solo" captured $84.4 million during its opening eight years ago”
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The search results for this claim returned irrelevant content (adult content/Bunkr links) and provided no financial data regarding Solo's opening weekend.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mia Monroe 🌶️ 🏆 @thecollegestripper [SOLO] (70.31 GB) 230 Files - 0 views 1 Live user Paginated View Filters
https://bunkr.cr/a/ed0m8N44?advanced=1
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 6, 2025 · Explore this album with 6 files.
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore this album with 31 files.
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“Since 2015, only "Solo" has opened to less than $100 million domestically”
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The evidence confirms 'Solo' was released in 2018 and that 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' is the first since 2019, but does not provide a comprehensive list of opening totals for all films since 2015 to verify if Solo was the only one under $100M.
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web search NEUTRAL — Solo: A Star Wars Story is a 2018 American space Western film directed by Ron Howard and written by Jonathan and Lawrence Kasdan. Produced by Lucasfilm Ltd., and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Mot…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo:_A_Star_Wars_Story
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web search NEUTRAL — Here's a movie that wants to play the hits so much it kind of loses itself along the way. But it's still a lot of fun. And full of sins. Here are all the sin...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WoTyaXGV4s
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web search NEUTRAL — Mandalorian and Grogu’ is the first Star Wars movie since 2019—an IP Disney has been eager to revive in theaters, especially after the mixed reception of the last trilogy.
https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2026/5/22/the-mandalorian
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“The studio has "Starfighter" arriving in cinemas in 2027 starring Ryan Gosling and directed by Shawn Levy”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and IMDb, confirm a film titled 'Star Wars: Starfighter' directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ryan Gosling is planned for 2027.
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web search NEUTRAL — Star Wars: Starfighter is an upcoming American space opera film directed by Shawn Levy and written by Jonathan Tropper.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Starfighter
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web search NEUTRAL — Ryan Gosling is to star in a new Star Wars film, which is set to be released in two years' time. The new Disney project is titled Star Wars: Starfighter, and will be directed by Deadpool & Wolverine d…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyq9d35ljro
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web search NEUTRAL — Star Wars: Starfighter: Directed by Shawn Levy. With Ryan Gosling, Amy Adams, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre.Shawn Levy stated that the movie is a standalone. It's not a prequel, nor a sequel. It's a new adve…
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt28069611/?ref_=tt_mlt_i_2
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“New "Star Wars" titles have been absent from cinemas since 2019's "The Rise of Skywalker."”
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The Guardian and other sources confirm that no live-action Star Wars films have been in cinemas since 'The Rise of Skywalker' in 2019.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Star Wars franchise involves multiple live-action and animated films, occurring within its all-encompassing fictional universe. The series was initially created as a trilogy set in medias res that…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_films
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web search NEUTRAL — This article is more than 3 years old. Taika Waititi is looking to direct and act in the first live action Star Wars film since The Rise of Skywalker in 2019, according to a report in Variety.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/08/kevin-feige-and…
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web search NEUTRAL — Watch the brand new trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu and experience it only in theaters May 22, 2026. SUBSCRIBE to the channel to get notified when new...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pa1KLXuW0Y
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“The final film in the Skywalker Saga and third film in what has become known as the sequel trilogy generated more than $1 billion”
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Web search results explicitly state that 'The Rise of Skywalker' topped out at $1.069 billion.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Star Wars franchise involves multiple live-action and animated films, occurring within its all-encompassing fictional universe. The series was initially created as a trilogy set in medias res that…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_films
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web search NEUTRAL — A year later, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, part of the main saga, topped out at $1.069 billion despite being panned by many critics (it also fueled further fan outrage over the overall state of t…
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-war…
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web search NEUTRAL — As 2019 ends, annual overall box office revenue is down by 4%, though it gained ground in its latter months, narrowing a deficit that was 11% in April, and 2018 was always going to be tough to beat. “…
https://www.wishtv.com/news/skywalker-rises-again-little-wom…
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“"The Mandalorian," which premiered just a month before "The Rise of Skywalker"”
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No evidence was provided or found in the search results to verify the specific timing of The Mandalorian's premiere relative to The Rise of Skywalker.
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“These include "Andor," "Obi-Wan Kenobi," "Ahsoka," "Skeleton Crew," "The Acolyte" and "The Book of Boba Fett."”
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“Lucasfilm tapped director Jon Favreau, who worked alongside the newly minted head of the studio Dave Filoni to bring "The Mandalorian" to Disney+, to helm "The Mandalorian and Grogu."”
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“the cost of production estimated to be around $165 million”
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“Other "Star Wars" projects released theatrically in the previous decade had production budgets of $250 million or higher”
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“following the 2015 release of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," the first of Lucasfilm's latest "Star Wars" trilogy, Hasbro alone saw sales of "Star Wars" products reach nearly $500 million”
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“Disney is already doing tie-ins at its theme park locations, including specialized merchandise and a revamp of its Smugglers Run ride featuring Grogu”
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