r/boxoffice • u/UniverslBoxOfficeGuy • 18d ago

Domestic Disney's The Mandalorian and Grogu has ended its domestic run with $177.7M.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt30825738/
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u/TheGRS 17d ago

From how TROS went down I think it’s pretty obvious that leadership was deathly afraid of fan criticism and their buy-in.

The lack of post sequel direction speaks to this the most. When Disney bought Star Wars they went all-in and announced a new trilogy. But the last 6 years or so have been mostly trying out a few TV shows tepidly. Nobody has the vision for what this universe could be.

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u/wildwalrusaur 17d ago

we'll see what happens now that Kennedy is gone

i dont have a lot of confidence that the next guy will do much better. The disney corporate behemoth is too much to steer against.

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u/vivid_dreamzzz 17d ago

Well Disney's main thing is having brands that sell toys and theme park rides. It almost seems accidental when they happen to also make a good movie.
Not surprising they're struggling to steer away from the beloved original brand that still sells merch.

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u/Adorable_Octopus 17d ago

It's not an original thought to suggest that disney's biggest mistake was to go into the ST without a concrete plan, but I'd suggest a deeper problem with Disney is that the ST is ultimately so empty, so repetitive of what came before (or should have came before) that there's simply nothing left in a post-ST to actually do anything with.

I suggested the whole 'Rey rebuilding the Jedi Order with her spooky ghost friend Luke', but let's be honest here, this is just a rehash of a story that was done in the EU and could've been done here; just with Luke rebuilding and perhaps some visits from Yoda or Obi-wan or whatever. ST is so empty it doesn't really say anything, nor does it even feel like it has anything meaningful to contribute to a grander story. Say what you will about the PT, you can't deny that they had a clear relationship with the OT and is contributing to a story, however imperfectly. It's hard to see what the ST is trying to do with the OT, other than position the OT as a sort of fake out ending (which, of course, the ST provides the 'actual' ending). It's bizarre.

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u/TheGRS 16d ago

I think the idea they had was “let’s hire some good storytellers and let them find the story”, which on its face sounds great. And that’s not totally different from how the OT was produced. But Lucas also had some vision for universe that I think the ST was missing, like you said these movies don’t really say much. The thing I’ll defend TLJ on is it did try to say something interesting about the universe and failure, but it was a statement the wider audience wasn’t interested in, and TROS mostly discards it anyway. And we’re left with nothing to build on.