The Mandalorian and Grogu is the first Star Wars movie to hit the big screen in almost seven years. Excitement and anticipation should be through the roof . However, early estimates of its opening weekend don’t quite show that, from a certain point of view.

With just a few weeks until its May 22 release, Deadline reports The Mandalorian and Grogu is currently tracking for an $80 million-plus opening over the four-day Memorial Day weekend. In terms of modern Star Wars movies, that would put it slightly below (or about equal to) 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, which opened to $84 million on its first weekend.…