Mando's big-screen launch sputtered out at the box office with just $177.7 million domestically, but there's still a path for Star Wars to pull him out of the wreckage. The Pedro Pascal-led franchise finally returned to theaters earlier this year with its first new movie since 2019, and Lucasfilm did something it had never done before. Instead of building off a past film or doing something original, the studio spun off the Disney+ series The Mandalorian into a theatrical adventure, which is in line with the state of Star Wars in the 2020s. The Mandalorian & Grogu, of course, happened in place of the show's Season 4, which could still be on the table, but it's a rocky road after the movie finished as the lowest-grossing live-action Star Wars film ever.The Mandalorian & Grogu set all the wrong records by earning less than $200 million at the domestic box office, ultimately totaling $345.6 million worldwide. In the U.S. and Canada, it's only the 11th-highest-grossing film of 2026 so far, outgrossed by lower-budget films like Obsession, Backrooms, and fellow Disney May release The Devil Wears Prada 2. Its ranking will only go down, too, with The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, Dune: Part Three, Avengers: Doomsday, and Jumanji: Open World all expected to outgross it after they release later this year. Read full article on The Direct.