Disney’s Mandalorian and Grogu drops off cliff for second weekend as Star Wars’ latest takes in just $137 million

The decline pushed the film behind both “Backrooms” and “Obsession” at the domestic box office. A24’s “Backrooms” had a strong opening of $81 million in its first weekend, drawing in a large number of younger audiences to the film, inspired by the online phenomenon and directed by a 20-year-old filmmaker. The movie had already generated major returns for the studio, earning $118 million against a production budget of roughly $10 million, setting the largest opening weekend in the studio’s history.

Meanwhile, Obsession posted another unusual result, rising 10 percent from the previous weekend and becoming the first film in decades to increase ticket sales in its second and third weekends outside a holiday period. The film has earned $106 million domestically.

Disney’s “The Mandalorian and Grogu” has had less luck, however. The film brought in just $25 million in its second weekend. According to Variety, the film has earned $137.4 million domestically and $246.6 million worldwide so far. The production budget for the film was $165 million.

The weak box office performance marks a disappointment for Disney, which positioned the movie as the first Star Wars theatrical release in nearly seven years and has been searching for ways to draw audiences back into new stories within the franchise.

Based on the Disney+ series, the two-hour film follows the Mandalorian and Grogu as they work to rescue Rotta the Hutt, the son of Jabba the Hutt. Reviews have also taken a dive after the film’s opening week, sitting at just a 62 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

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