'The Mandalorian and Grogu' Is Currently Tracking for the Lowest 'Star Wars' Opening in Years

The Mandalorian and Grogu is the first Star Wars movie to hit the big screen in almost seven years. Excitement and anticipation should be through the roof. However, early estimates of its opening weekend don’t quite show that, from a certain point of view. With just a few weeks until its May 22 release, Deadline reports The Mandalorian and Grogu is currently tracking for an $80 million-plus opening over the four-day Memorial Day weekend. In terms of modern Star Wars movies, that would put it slightly below (or about equal to) 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, which opened to $84 million on its first weekend. And, of course, it’s a far cry from almost all of the other recent Star Wars films, which opened to $248 million, $155 million, $220 million, and $177 million from 2015 to 2019, respectively. Eighty million plus would, however, put The Mandalorian and Grogu ahead of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, which opened to about $65 and $80 million, respectively. But, of course, those films were released decades ago, and those numbers aren’t adjusted for inflation. (Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith opened to over $108 millio