‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ opens below ‘Solo’ in weakest Disney-era ‘Star Wars’ debut

Nypost · May 25, 2026 · 338 words · By Ariel Zilber

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‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ opens below ‘Solo’ in weakest Disney-era ‘Star Wars’ debut See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleDisney’s latest “Star Wars” movie opened with the weakest three-day domestic debut among its new theatrical releases in the franchise — even as the House of Mouse looks beyond ticket sales to merchandise, Disney+ and theme parks…

Common ground

“The Mandalorian and Grogu” hauled in an estimated $82 million domestically over its first three days in theaters, according to CNBC, topping analysts’ initial $80 million projections.

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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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““The Mandalorian and Grogu” hauled in an estimated $82 million domestically over its first three days in theaters”

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The claim states the film earned $82 million domestically over its first three days. However, multiple web search results report different figures: one states it opened to $102 million over a holiday period, another says $98 million, and another mentions a global total of $165 million. There is no source confirming the specific $82 million figure for the first three days; in fact, the evidence for claim 1 explicitly links the $84 million figure to 'Solo', not this film.

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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 (titled 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 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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“the debut came in below 2018’s “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” which opened to $84 million”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' debuted to $84 million over its first three days (and $104 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend).

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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 — 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 — 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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““The Mandalorian” marked the first new “Star Wars” movie to hit theaters in seven years.”

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Multiple web search results explicitly state that 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' is the first new Star Wars movie in theaters since 'The Rise of Skywalker' in 2019, which aligns with the 'seven years' claim (2019 to 2026).

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web search NEUTRAL — 8 days ago ... However, The Mandalorian and Grogu, the newest Star Wars movie and first since The Rise of Skywalker in 2019, just isn't up to the standard that ...
https://stephensilver.substack.com/p/the-mandalorian-and-gro…

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago ... This is why I make my own judgment. It's what you expect and want from The Mandalorian, it's action packed, lots of throwbacks to the movies ...
https://www.facebook.com/ign/posts/the-first-new-star-wars-m…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Mandalorian and Grogu, a continuation of the similarly titled television series (both set after the original trilogy), was released in 2026, while Star Wars ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_films

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“Internationally, the film took in about $63 million.”

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Multiple sources report a global total of roughly $165 million, with one source specifically citing a '$63 million opening weekend' (international/other) contributing to that total.

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“IMAX and Dolby Cinema accounted for 41% of tickets sold”

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The web search results for '41' returned irrelevant information about a hip hop group and slang. No evidence was found regarding the percentage of tickets sold for IMAX and Dolby Cinema for this specific film.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of films released in the ScreenX multi-screen format.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ScreenX_formatted_film…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of films released in IMAX, a motion-picture film format and projection standard. IMAX cameras and film stock are rarely used for mainstream films; the cameras are heavy and the film sto…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_released_in_IMAX

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“Standard tickets averaged $16.01, while premium tickets averaged $19.43”

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The specific ticket prices ($16.01 for standard and $19.43 for premium) are reported across multiple independent web search results and a cross-reference from CNBC.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Din Djarin (pronounced ), known as The Mandalorian, or Mando for short, is a character in the Star Wars franchise, who appears as the titular protagonist of the Disney+ television series The Mandalori…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandalorian_(character)

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“the most-watched original show on the streaming service, with more than 1.3 billion hours watched globally”

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The claim that 'The Mandalorian' is the most-watched original show on Disney+ with over 1.3 billion hours watched is confirmed by both a CNBC cross-reference and independent web search results.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Mandalorian, also known as Star Wars: The Mandalorian[1], is an American space Western television series created by Jon Favreau for the streaming service Disney+.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandalorian

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web search NEUTRAL — The Mandalorian is the most-watched original series in the history of the service, with more than 1.3 billion hours streamed globally. Star Wars attractions at Disney’s parks are also in on the action…
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-war…

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web search NEUTRAL — The future is in her hands.Ms. Marvel, an Original series from Marvel Studios, starts streaming June 8 on Disney+. Watch Marvel on Disney+: https://bit.ly...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9EX0f6V11Y

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““Star Wars” generates more than $1 billion in retail sales each year”

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Only one web search result explicitly mentions that Star Wars is one of the top five toy franchises with a billion dollars in retail sales annually. Other results discuss general toy sales or the franchise in general without confirming the $1 billion annual figure.

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web search NEUTRAL — Star Wars is one of the top five toy franchises with a billion dollars in retail sales annually, and 13 million Grogu toys were sold during the first two years of the streaming series alone.
https://fictionhorizon.com/the-mandalorian-grogu-nearly-matc…

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web search NEUTRAL — Playthings based on the Star Wars saga — the franchise that kicked off the whole phenomenon four decades ago — were down in 2017 despite a new film, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, in December during the al…
https://fortune.com/2018/01/18/with-star-wars-toys-the-force…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Star Wars franchise has spawned over one hundred[217] computer, video, and board games, dating back to some of the earliest home consoles. Some are based directly on the movie material, while othe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars

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“the company updated its “Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run” ride with a new Grogu mission”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the update to the 'Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run' ride.

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“brought BDX droids from the film back to Disneyland’s “Galaxy’s Edge” area”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the return of BDX droids to Galaxy's Edge.

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““Fortnite” adding new “Star Wars” environments, characters, vehicles and purchasable cosmetics tied to the release”

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