Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” opened with a $19 million day from 3,824 locations, tracking toward a $44 million domestic and $93 million global opening weekend—an encouraging start, but one weighed down by a reported $115 million production budget. Acros
When “Disclosure Day” rolled out to 3,824 locations for its first day, the numbers came in at $19 million—strong enough to keep Steven Spielberg’s long-awaited return to summer movies on track for a $44 million domestic and $93 million global opening weekend.
The start also lands just a few steps above Spielberg’s 2018 blockbuster “Ready Player One,” which opened with $41 million. It’s his best opening weekend since “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” in 2008.
Still, the excitement has a ceiling. “Disclosure Day” comes with a reported $115 million production budget before marketing costs. and it will need more than a decent debut to reach theatrical profit. Reception has been generally positive: Rotten Tomatoes has the film at 80% from critics and 74% from audience members. with CinemaScore landing at a B. For Spielberg’s wide releases in the 2010s. the movie’s score profile sits below his track record—especially because “Disclosure Day” marks the first time he has received a CinemaScore grade below A- since “Crystal Skull.”.
The situation on other screens has a different shape. Focus Features’ “Obsession” is seeing larger weekend-to-weekend drops, but it’s still performing above its opening weekend—landing a fifth weekend total of $21 million.
Over the next week, “Obsession” is set to become just the fifth horror film to reach $200 million domestic before inflation adjustment, and it could join Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” as only the second original film since “Coco” in November 2017 to cross that mark.
For last weekend’s releases, the story is harsher. Paramount/Miramax’s “Scary Movie” and Amazon MGM’s “Masters of the Universe” both slid at least 70% from their opening weekends. “Scary Movie” brought in $15.6 million in its second weekend, while “Masters” sank to $8.8 million.
Even so, “Scary Movie” may have room to breathe. The production budget is $30 million. against an estimated 10-day domestic total of approximately $85 million. giving the film a cushion after its frontloaded run. “Masters of the Universe. ” though. is dealing with a very different math: its production budget is $170 million-plus. and it stands to land at a 10-day domestic total of $46 million—an outcome that would effectively seal its “summer bomb” fate.
Elsewhere, Lionsgate/Universal’s “Michael” is riding momentum. The Antoine Fuqua biopic is now the highest-grossing music biopic of all time. adding $4.6 million in its eighth weekend while earning a $2 million opening day in Japan. With more than $920 million worldwide. “Michael” has passed “Bohemian Rhapsody” worldwide. and it’s still set to pass “Oppenheimer” for the all-time biopic record.
Lionsgate has also released the R-rated Hong Kong action film “The Furious” in 1,251 locations, aiming to earn $2.9 million this weekend. Starring Xie Miao and Joe Taslim as two men who take on a child trafficking ring in Hong Kong’s underworld. the film is drawing praise with a CinemaScore of A. along with Rotten Tomatoes scores of 98% for critics and 95% for audience.
A different tone is opening in targeted release: the drag queen disaster comedy “Stop! That! Train!” has expanded to 1,161 locations with Bleecker Street behind it. The film is on pace for a $2.3 million opening, carrying Rotten Tomatoes scores of 84% critics and 83% audience.
With “Disclosure Day” set to test whether its strong first day can overcome its massive budget reality, the wider weekend mix is already painting a clear picture: some films are stretching their legs, others are burning out fast, and a few are quietly making history.
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