Yesterday, Variety reported that Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” would need to make over $300M worldwide by the end of its run to break even. So far, it looks like it will need some strong legs to attain that mark.
According to Deadline, “Disclosure Day” will take in $43M domestically this weekend and around $49M internationally, for a $92M global debut. While not a massive opening, I remain optimistic since this is an original, non-IP movie.
“Disclosure Day” earned a 61% definite recommend score on PostTrak and a 74% audience score on RT. The CinemaScore rating is only a B, which is unusual for Spielberg—it ties for the second-lowest grade of his career alongside “Always” and ‘Crystal Skull,’ both of which also received the same score. The “champ” is “AI: Artificial Intelligence” (2001) with a C+ (and that film is a masterpiece).
“Disclosure Day” will easily hit #1 this weekend, but at #2 is “Obsession,” a film that refuses to quit. It’s set to make around $20M in its fifth weekend for a $190M domestic cume. In case you were wondering, that’s only about a 25% drop from last weekend, once again defying all laws of box-office gravity. A film isn’t supposed to earn nearly $3M more in its fifth weekend than it did on its opening weekend. The global tally is $265M.
Meanwhile, it’s looking very bleak for “Masters of the Universe,” which is expected to drop 71% this weekend, bringing in just $8.6M. The film cost $200M to produce. Amazon/MGM will continue to claim they are satisfied by its performance, but the film will barely go over $100M worldwide by the end of its run — it’s currently at $83M.
A similar 71% drop awaits “Scary Movie 6,” which is expected to earn just $13M this weekend for an $84M domestic total and $173M worldwide. However, unlike “Masters of the Universe,” the budget for “Scary Movie 6” was only $30M. Right behind it, at #4, will be the $10M-budgeted “Backrooms” with $11M, bringing its totals to $160M domestic, and becomes the first A24 title to cross $300M worldwide.
Finally, Lionsgate released the well-reviewed “The Furious” in only 1250 screens this weekend. This is a must-see action film and, dare I say, a better and more accomplished movie than the “Raid” films. It’s absolutely worth seeing on the big screen.