Dave Filoni Watches Disney Star Wars Movie Box Office Fall 69%
The disney star wars movie box office took a sharp turn when The Mandalorian and Grogu fell 69% in its second weekend. That was the steepest second-weekend drop ever for a Star Wars film, even though the movie still had the highest Rotten Tomatoes audience score in Disney Star Wars history.
Filoni and the 88% score
Dave Filoni is the creative name most tied to this stretch of Disney Star Wars live-action projects, and the slide lands with real force because the movie had already set a Disney Star Wars audience record. Its Rotten Tomatoes audience score sat at 88%, and it stayed there after more than ten thousand additional ratings were added.
That kind of audience reception should have supported steadier weekday and weekend holds, but ticket sales did not follow the score. The film came in third place behind Backrooms and Obsession, two YouTuber-directed horror films with a combined $11 million budget.
Box office versus audience
The contrast is the story: strong audience approval did not translate into sustained box office demand. The Mandalorian and Grogu had already passed its lower-ish budget, yet with marketing and other costs added, the film may barely break even.
That puts the result in a harsher light than a simple weekend dip. The film could come in lower than Solo, and that would leave Disney Star Wars with another release that looks better on ratings charts than on the revenue line.
What Disney has next
Disney left Star Wars movies behind entirely a number of years ago, then started building back toward the big screen with Starfighter starring Ryan Gosling as the next known movie. Dawn of the Jedi is allegedly planned to focus on the origin of the order, while Ahsoka is set to return for season 2 three years after the first season.
For Disney, the practical read is blunt: an 88% audience score did not protect The Mandalorian and Grogu from a 69% second-weekend collapse, so the franchise cannot rely on fan goodwill alone to carry theatrical business. The next movie will need broader turnout, not just approval from the viewers already inside the tent.
