‘The Mandalorian And Grogu’ Will Set An Unfortunate ‘Star Wars’ Record

InnovationGaming‘The Mandalorian And Grogu’ Will Set An Unfortunate ‘Star Wars’ RecordByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorJun 10, 2026, 10:14am EDTThe Mandalorian and GroguDisneyThe Mandalorian and Grogu ended up being a crowd-pleaser, with an 87% Rotten Tomatoes audience score that was an all-time high for the Disney Star Wars era. Its box office? That’s another story.The Mandalorian and Grogu will set another record there, but a very, very bad one. After the film’s third weekend of release, it is now in sixth place at the domestic box office, with severe week-over-week drops. It’s now losing to Scary Movie, Masters of the Universe, Backrooms, Obsession and The Amazing Digital Circus. It made $9.9 million, and with a 60% drop from the second week, that will continue to go lower and lower until it hits streaming.The end result of that is The Mandalorian and Grogu will almost certainly be the lowest-grossing Star Wars movie ever, currently a full $100 million below Solo, which was widely considered a flop that helped ice Disney’s Star Wars film projects for years. Here is the grand list of Star Wars movie box office hauls, and keep in mind, the older ones are not adjusted for inflation:Episode VII: The Force Awakens - $2 billionEpisode VIII: The Last Jedi - $1.3 billionEpisode IX: The Rise of Skywalker - $1.06 billionRogue One - $1.05 billionEpisode I: The Phantom Menace - $1.04 billionEpisode III: Revenge of the Sith - $902 millionEpisode IV: A New Hope - $775 millionEpisode II: Attack of the Clones - $656 millionEpisode V: The Empire Strikes Back - $549 milloinEpisode VI: Return of the Jedi - $482 millionSolo - $393 millionThe Mandalorian and Grogu (currently) - $294 millionAnd if you do add in inflation (which has certainly been on the rise), Solo would actually have $521 million. One bright spot for The Mandalorian...