{"id":665116,"date":"2026-05-26T01:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T01:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/665116\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T01:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T01:30:13","slug":"box-office-global-mandalorian-grogu-163m-michael-nears-800m-ww","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/665116\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office Global: &#8216;Mandalorian &#038; Grogu&#8217; $163M, &#8216;Michael&#8217; Nears $800M WW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBelow in all its glory is this weekend\u2019s top 10 at the global box office, courtesy of Comscore. Note that domestic figures are Memorial Day weekend 4-day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAs we continue to propel through summer, a reminder of what the top 5 films are so far this year around the globe:<\/p>\n<p>Super Mario Galaxy Movie (Uni) $980.3M WW ($555.8M Intl, $424.5M Int\u2019l) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/michael\/\" id=\"auto-tag_michael\" data-tag=\"michael\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael<\/a> (Uni\/LG) $789.2M (see breakdown below)<\/p>\n<p>Project Hail Mary (Amz) $675.7M ($335.4M Int\u2019l, $340.3M dom)<\/p>\n<p>Pegasus 3 (China release) $653.9M<\/p>\n<p>The Devil Wears Prada 2 (Dis) $608M (see breakdown below)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779759010_677_MCDSTWA_WD083.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"538\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tSTAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU, Pedro Pascal as The Mandalorian \/ Din Djarin, 2026. \u00a9 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures<\/p>\n<p>Mandalorian &amp; Grogu (Dis) $163M WW weekend 52 territories ($63M Int\u2019l, $100M domestic)\/Wk 1<br \/>Overseas it\u2019s the fourth highest opening for a MPA movie so far in 2026 in like-for-like markets. Stateside, it\u2019s the third highest opening. The Jon Favreu directed big screen version of the Disney+ series was No. 1 in all markets across Europe, +3% over the first frame of Solo A Star Wars Story and +1% ahead of Project Hail Mary. In Asia-Pacific, Baby Yoda and Mando opened to No. 1 non-local in all markets but Taiwan where it was No. 2. Pic posted the third-highest non-local opening in Japan ($4.9M), as well as NZ, Philippines and Thailand. It was the No. 4 highest non-local opening YTD in Australia ($4.6M) and Singapore. The pic was No. 1 across Latin America in all markets but Colombia (No. 2), Brazil (No. 3 with $1.3M) and Ecuador (No. 3). The Pedro Pascal and Sigourney Weaver movie posted the fourth-highest non-local opening in Mexico ($3.9M), Peru and Uruguay. Overall, the movie was +45% ahead of Project Hail Mary and +36% ahead of Solo in Latin America. Openings included UK ($7.1M), Germany ($6.5M), China ($4.6M, pic was beat by local hit <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/dear-you\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dear-you\" data-tag=\"dear-you\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dear You<\/a>, but Imax screens brought in $1.3M, highest indexing of Star Wars pics there. Remember, China only truly began to know the franchise with 2015\u2019s Force Awakens), Japan ($4.9M), Australia ($4.6M), Mexico ($3.9M), France ($3.8M), Spain ($2.4M), Italy ($2M) and Brazil ($1.3M). <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Michael.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"554\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMiles Teller and Jaafar Jackson in \u2018Michael\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLionsgate\/Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t2. Michael (Universal\/Lionsgate) $55.1M WW 84 territories ($28.2M int\u2019l $26.9M dom), WW cume $789.2M ($468.1M int\u2019l, $321.1M Dom\/Wk 5<br \/>Essentially, we\u2019re waiting for Japan in June to take this Antoine Fuqua even closer to Bohemian Rhapsody\u2019s final global of $911M. UK added $2.6M for a five-weekend running cume of $60M. Pic was No. 2 in Korea with $2.3M and a running cume of $7.8M in weekend 2. Australia added $2.2M for a cume of $26.7M in weekend 5. France had a fifth frame of $2.1M and cume of $44.4M through Sunday. Brazil added $2M in weekend 5 for a total of $28.4M, more than 3x the lifetimes of Oppenheimer. Michael\u00a0has now surpassed Fast 7, 8 and 10 to become the 2nd biggest Universal film of all time in the country. Mexico grossed $1.8M in weekend 5 for a cume of $29M, also ahead of the final lifetime of Oppenheimer. Germany saw $1.4M fifth weekend for a $29.6M cume. Italy added $1.3M in fifth frame for a $27.1M total. Spain minted $1.1M in weekend 5 for a cume near $24M. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dear-you.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"281\" width=\"190\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t3. Dear You (Alibaba, China) $39.5M WW 1 territory, WW cume $151.5M\/Wk 4<br \/>This Hongchun Yan directed and co-written movie is a massive hit in the Middle Kingdom, made for a reported $2M. The pic, starring an unknown cast, is heart warming story spotlighting the culture of Chaoshan, in eastern Guangdong province. Logline: Xiaowei travels to Thailand to find his \u201cbillionaire grandfather\u201d who out of contact due to debt problems, but unexpectedly find the one who has been corresponding with his grandmother for years is not her husband. Dear You has connecte with Chinese moviegoers given its themes of family and community connections. Per South Morning China Post, the pic has spurred tourism in the Chaoshan areas. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t4. Devil Wears Prada 2 (Dis) 53 terr, WW $37.7M ($21.2M, overseas , $16.5M dom) WW Cume $608M ($408M int\u2019l, $200M dom)\/Wk 4<br \/>The Anne Hathaway-Meryl Streep-Emily Blunt-Stanley Tucci comedy remains the No. 4 MPA movie around the globe so far this year and No. 3 overseas. Disney owns two of the top five MPA pics at the int\u2019l B.O. As a reminder, the sequel is the top non-local release YTD in Italy (second highest grossing territory with $35.9M after $41M in the UK) and Brazil ($30.1M, pic\u2019s third highest grossing territory). And the sequel is the second non-local release YTD in Japan ($25.6M) and Korea. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MCDOBSE_UC005.jpg\" alt=\"Inde Navarrette and Michael Johnston in 'Obsession' (2026)\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tInde Navarrette and Michael Johnston in \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/obsession\/\" id=\"auto-tag_obsession\" data-tag=\"obsession\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Obsession<\/a>\u2018 (2026)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFocus Features\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t5. Obsession (Uni) 46 terr $39.2M ($8.9M int\u2019l, $30.3M dom) WW Cume $81.9M ($21.2M int\u2019l, $60.7M dom)\/Wk 2 <br \/>Yes, lots of profits\u2026not just based off the original $1M production cost for the financiers of the pic, but for  Universal\u2019s ledgers as well after shelling out $15M for the pic. Pic was in play in 37 Uni markets ($6.5M weekend, $15.9M take) and eight non-Uni markets ($2.3M weekend including France, Australia and New Zealand, $5.2M total).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOpenings in Uni territories include Saudi Arabia with the\u00a0biggest horror opening of the year\u00a0above\u00a0Scream 7 at 128 screens with\u00a0$506k. It has already surpassed the lifetime of\u00a0Bring Her Back\u00a0and is performing above\u00a0The Invisible Man,\u00a0Longlegs,\u00a0M3GAN\u00a0and\u00a0Sinners. UAE also opened to the best horror debut YTD with $486K at 94 screens. Middle East counts $1.4M weekend with a further boost from holidays next week. Norway also saw the biggest opening for a horror pic with $260K at 140 screens ahead of Scream 7 and above\u00a0Weapons,\u00a0M3GAN,\u00a0The Invisible Man,\u00a0Get Out\u00a0and\u00a0Longlegs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHoldovers include UK\/Ireland where the pic was flat in weekend 2 with $1.7M an a $5.2M cume, gross in line with\u00a0Heretic\u00a0and\u00a0Longlegs\u00a0and above\u00a0Hereditary,\u00a0Speak No Evil\u00a0and\u00a0The Black Phone\u00a0at the same point. Italy\u2019s weekend 2 was $700K and a $1.8M cume surpassing lifetimes of Sinners, Get Out and Black Phone. Mexico\u2019s second frame was $600K an a $1.5M, also holding muy strong, performing in line with\u00a0Us\u00a0and above\u00a0Bring Her Back\u00a0and\u00a0Companion. Netherlands and Brazil are also top territories for the Curry Barker directed romance horror at $1M and $970K respectively. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t6 The Sheep Detectives (Amz) 58 terr, $18.4M WW ($5.6M int\u2019l, $12.8M dom), WW Cume $86M ($38.7M int\u2019l, $47.3M dom)\/Wk 3<br \/>Yes, this family movie cost $75M, but Amazon is doing a great job with it as it holds in there. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tTop markets are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Germany grossed\u00a0$825K\u00a0from 666 screens. The cume is\u00a0$4.7M.<\/p>\n<p>Australia grossed\u00a0$757K\u00a0from 328 screens. The cume is\u00a0$3.8M.<\/p>\n<p>United Kingdom grossed\u00a0$732K\u00a0from 902 screens. The cume is\u00a0$8.8M.<\/p>\n<p>China grossed\u00a0$437K\u00a0from 2,000 screens. The cume is\u00a0$2.4M.<\/p>\n<p>Japan grossed\u00a0$377K\u00a0from 377 screens. The cume is\u00a0$2.6M.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico grossed\u00a0$219K\u00a0from 555 screens. The cume is\u00a0$1.6M.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MCDPASS_PA003.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"427\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tPASSENGER, from left: Lou Llobell, Jacob Scipio<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u00a9 Paramount Pictures \/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t7. Passenger (Par) 50 terr, $15.3M WW ($4.8M Int\u2019l, $10.5M dom)\/Wk 1 <br \/>With Mando in the marketplace and an 85% offshore footprint, plus plenty of genre in the marketplace, this didn\u2019t dazzle. Leave it to domestic to do any bailing out of this $15M Andr\u00e9 \u00d8vredal directed movie) Mexico ($785K at 829 locations), UK ($440K at 330 locations), France ($420K at 205 locations; note Paramount\u2019s Primate bowed $1.1M) Australia ($372K at 175 locations), Brazil ($225K at 365 locations), Italy ($240K at 208 locations), Spain ($204K at 204 locations), UAE ($95K at 47 locations in a total Middle East region take of $415k), Malaysia ($91K at 106 sites), Argentina ($80K at 156 sites), Netherlands ($80K at 54 sites) and Belgium with $50K at 50 locations). <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Colony1.jpg\" alt=\"Colony\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tColony<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShowbox<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t8. Colony (4 terr, Showbox, Korea) $12.2M\/Wk 1<br \/>Mando and Baby Yoda skipped Korea this weekend (they\u2019re going next), because this big local action zombie film from Yeon Sang-ho was opening. The pic had its world premiere in Cannes Midnight section. $9.4M weekend (72% of the marketplace) and near $11M cume in South Korea alone pushed Uni\u2019s Michael to second place. Pic\u2019s blurb: Professor Se Jeong, attends a biotech conference-only to witness it spiral into catastrophe when a rapidly mutating virus is unleashed. As the outbreak spreads and the infected begin to transform, authorities seal off the entire facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t9. Drishyam 3 (Prath, India) 15 terr, $11.6M ($10.4M int\u2019l, $1.2M dom), WW Cume $14.8M  ($13.2M int\u2019l, $1.6M Cume)\/Wk 1 <br \/>Jeethu Joseph directed and written crime drama about a successful author trying to cover up his past crimes from the cops and two reporters who are on his tail.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t10. Mortal Kombat II (NL) 80 territories, $10.4M WW ($2.7M int\u2019l, $7.7M dom), WW Cume $119.5M ($45.2M int\u2019l, $74.3M dom)\/Wk 3<br \/>The Simon McQuoid feature take of the Midway Game is close to becoming the best in franchise, toppling the reported $122.1M global gross of the original 1995 movie.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Below in all its glory is this weekend\u2019s top 10 at the global box office, courtesy of Comscore.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[290300,88,27354,85043,264156],"class_list":["post-665116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-dear-you","tag-entertainment","tag-michael","tag-obsession","tag-star-wars-the-mandalorian-grogu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}