# 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' and a Magnificent 'Obsession' Drive Holiday Box Office Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-variety-7474590/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-and-a-magnificent-obsession-drive-holiday-box-office Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-variety-7474590/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-and-a-magnificent-obsession-drive-holiday-box-office.md Podcast: [Daily Variety](https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-variety-7474590) Published: 2026-05-27T00:41:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PMC8614510847.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PMC8614510847.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/daily-variety-7474590/episodes/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-and-a-magnificent-obsession-drive-holiday-box-office Duration seconds: 850 ## Resource On today's episode, in our box office segment, Variety's Rebecca Rubin carefully measures the turnout over the Memorial Day weekend holiday for Disney's β€œThe Mandalorian and Grogu.” It was a big test for Disney and Lucasfilm and the strength of the Star Wars franchise at the turnstiles. Meanwhile, Focus Features' horror pic "Obsession" had a strong sophomore weekend outing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/daily-variety-7474590/episodes/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-and-a-magnificent-obsession-drive-holiday-box-office/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-variety-7474590/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-and-a-magnificent-obsession-drive-holiday-box-office.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.