The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Launches to $12 Million at Thursday Box Office

Disney and Lucasfilm's "The Mandalorian and Grogu" hit theaters Thursday night and made $12 million from preview showings as it gets ready to open on 4,300 screens today.

Compared to the last "Star Wars" movie that came out around Memorial Day, "Solo," which made $14.3 million from previews and ended up with a $103 million opening, "Mandalorian and Grogu" is expected to earn around $90 million over four days.

 This matches what the audience reactions suggested before the movie came out and is similar to the $97 million opening of the hit movie "Michael," which made $12.6 million from previews.

From the early audience, which is mostly fans, the movie got mostly good reviews.

 It has an 89% score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 63% score from critics.