The Mandalorian and Grogu topped the box office at the start of Memorial Day weekend, earning $33 million in the U.S. on Friday. The film is projected to make $80 million to $100 million across its opening weekend, aligning with the lowest opening in the sci-fi franchise’s history. Solo: A Star Wars Story previously held that mark with $84.4 million over three days and $103 million over the four-day Memorial Day holiday in 2018. Horror film Obsession posted stronger results in its second weekend than its opening weekend. YouTuber Curry Barker’s new film debuted with $17.2 million and is predicted to reach $19.9 million this weekend. Pedro Pascal stars as the masked bounty hunter teaming with Grogu to rescue Rotta the Hutt. The reported production cost was $165 million before marketing, the lowest for a Star Wars movie, and Favreau directed the first Star Wars feature he helmed.
"The film, from Iron Man director Jon Favreau, opened with takings of $33 million in the U.S. on Friday. It is expected to make somewhere between $80 million and $100 million across its opening weekend. The lowest opening in Star Wars history was Solo: A Star Wars Story, which grossed $84.4 million over a three-day weekend and $103 million over the four-day Memorial Day holiday weekend in 2018."
"Meanwhile, horror movie Obsession is celebrating an incredibly rare feat after posting better box office results for its second weekend than it did for its opening weekend. As reports, YouTuber Curry Barker's new film made $17.2 million when it debuted and is predicted to make $19.9 million this weekend."
"The Mandalorian and Grogu is a big-screen spin-off of the hit Mandalorian series, with Pedro Pascal's masked bounty hunter teaming up with Grogu - aka Baby Yoda - to rescue Jabba the Hutt's estranged son Rotta the Hutt, voiced by The Bear 's Jeremy Allen White. The film was made for a reported $165m (£121m) price tag before marketing costs, the lowest in Star Wars movie history. It marks the first Star Wars feature to be directed by Favreau."
"The Mandalorian and Grogu was handed a two-star review by The Independent critic Clarisse Loughrey, who wrote: " The Mandalorian and Grogu merely stitches together what is clearly three episodes of the previously planned fourth season of The Mandalorian and calls it a day. There's not a whiff of effort here.""
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