‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ tops box office charts as ‘Obsession’ grows in second weekend

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.

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.

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According to studio estimates on Sunday, “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” made $82 million in ticket sales from 4,300 theaters in the U.S. 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 for the movie, a continuation of Disney+ spinoff series “The Mandalorian,” but it’s also on the low end of Disney-era “Star Wars” releases, closer to “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” which made $103 million over the four-day Memorial Day frame in 2018. While “Solo” was considered a disaster, the metrics around “The Mandalorian and Grogu” are a little different.