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 weekend. According to studio estimates on Sunday, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu made $82 million in ticket sales from 4,300 theaters in the US and Canada. By the end of Monday's Memorial Day holiday, it's expected to have earned $102 million domestically and $165 million globally. It exceeded opening weekend expectations but was on the low end of Disney-era Star Wars releases, the AP reports. The Jon Favreau-directed movie stars Pedro Pascal as the titular bounty hunter and puts him and his tiny green companion on a mission to save Jabba's son Rotta the Hutt, who is voiced by Jeremy Allen White.
Word-of-mouth appears to have helped Curry Barker's relationship horror movie Obsession defy the standard box office trajectory and do better business in its second weekend. The Focus Features film had an astonishing 30% uptick in ticket sales, earning $22.4 million from 2,655 theaters. The studio, which acquired the microbudget movie for some $15 million, is projecting that it will have made $28.2 million by the end of Monday, bringing its running total to $58.5 million. It snagged the second-place spot, while Michael landed in third place with $20 million for the three-day weekend. The Michael Jackson biopic has now earned $782.4 million.
With final domestic figures being released Tuesday, this list factors in estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, $82 million.
- Obsession, $22.4 million.
- Michael, $20 million.
- The Devil Wears Prada 2, $12.6 million.
- The Sheep Detectives, $9 million.
- Passenger, $8.7 million.
- Mortal Kombat II, $6.2 million.
- I Love Boosters, $3.7 million.
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, $3.2 million.
- Project Hail Mary, $2.7 million.
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