{"id":2430393,"date":"2026-05-24T16:26:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2430393"},"modified":"2026-05-24T16:26:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:26:58","slug":"disneys-new-star-wars-film-opens-with-an-estimated-165-million-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/disneys-new-star-wars-film-opens-with-an-estimated-165-million-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney&#8217;s new &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; film opens with an estimated $165 million worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">By Lisa Richwine<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">LOS ANGELES, May 24 (Reuters) &#8211; New &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; film &#8220;The Mandalorian \u200cand Grogu&#8221; is expected to end \u200cthe U.S. Memorial Day weekend with roughly $165 \u200bmillion in worldwide ticket sales, distributor Walt Disney said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">About $102 million of that total will come from the \u200cUnited States \u2060and Canada, Disney said. The domestic total exceeds pre-weekend forecasts but \u2060is the lowest opening for any &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; movie released by Disney.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_1a758qoqk5slubsnqq5bH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_1a758qoqk5slubsnqq5bH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_1a758qoqk5slubsnqq5bH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The first &#8220;Star \u200bWars&#8221; movie \u200bin seven \u200byears tells the \u200cstory of a helmeted bounty hunter and his sidekick, nicknamed Baby Yoda by fans. The duo debuted on the small screen in the Disney+ streaming \u200cseries &#8220;The Mandalorian&#8221; in 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Disney&#8217;s \u200blowest-grossing &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; film, &#8220;Solo: \u200bA Star \u200bWars Story,&#8221; brought in $103 million \u200cover Memorial Day weekend \u200bin 2018 \u200band was considered a flop. The &#8220;Grogu&#8221; movie, however, had a smaller \u200bbudget than \u200cmost other &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; movies, of \u200babout $165 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Reporting by Lisa Richwine, editing \u200bby Deepa Babington)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, May 24 (Reuters) &#8211; New &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; film &#8220;The Mandalorian \u200cand Grogu&#8221; is expected to end \u200cthe U.S. Memorial Day weekend with roughly $165 \u200bmillion in worldwide ticket sales, distributor Walt Disney said on Sunday. 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