According to Deadline, the film earned $12 million from Thursday night previews ahead of its official opening day in theaters on Friday, May 22. While $12 million is not nothing, it’s also not up to the standards of most mega-blockbusters on their first Thursday in multiplexes.

"The Mandalorian and Grogu" is exactly what you expect from it: Baby Yoda melting hearts through his cutesy interactions with the feisty (and funny) Anzellans, Mando doing a lot of brooding, and some ...