{"id":748481,"date":"2026-06-20T08:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T08:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/748481\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T08:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T08:37:17","slug":"disclosure-day-projected-to-drop-63-in-2nd-weekend-at-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/748481\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Disclosure Day\u2019 Projected To Drop 63% In 2nd Weekend At Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781944637_24_0x0.jpg\" alt=\"Colin Firth in &quot;Disclosure Day.&quot;\" data-height=\"1765\" data-width=\"2648\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Colin Firth in &#8220;Disclosure Day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Universal Studios<\/p>\n<p>Toy Story 5 isn\u2019t taking long to boot Steven Spielberg\u2019s alien thriller Disclosure Day out of the top spot at the domestic box office.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Spielberg, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/06\/09\/disclosure-day-rotten-tomatoes-reviews-say-spielberg-alien-tale-is-out-of-this-world\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/06\/09\/disclosure-day-rotten-tomatoes-reviews-say-spielberg-alien-tale-is-out-of-this-world\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Disclosure Day\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Disclosure Day<\/a> defied <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/06\/10\/disclosure-day-box-office-projections-on-soft-side-for-a-spielberg-film\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/06\/10\/disclosure-day-box-office-projections-on-soft-side-for-a-spielberg-film\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"pre-release projections\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pre-release projections<\/a> last weekend and overperformed with a $44.5 million haul from 3,824 North American venues. By Thursday, the film boosted its domestic take to nearly $61.3 million. Combined with the film\u2019s international ticket sales of $49.4 million, Disclosure Day has earned $110.7 million.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/06\/19\/toy-story-5-end-credits-scenes-why-you-should-stay-in-your-seats\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u2018Toy Story 5\u2019 End Credits Scenes: Why You Should Stay In Your Seats\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/06\/19\/toy-story-5-end-credits-scenes-why-you-should-stay-in-your-seats\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forbes\u2018Toy Story 5\u2019 End Credits Scenes: Why You Should Stay In Your SeatsBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scripted by David Koepp from Spielberg\u2019s original story, Disclosure Day stars Josh O\u2019Connor as Daniel Kellner, a cybersecurity expert who has lifted sensitive files about alien contact with the government. Emily Blunt also stars as Margaret Fairchild, a TV meteorologist who goes viral after speaking an alien dialect live on the air, while Colin Firth plays the head of a non-governmental organization who tries to stop Daniel and Margaret from disclosing the existence of extraterrestrials to the masses.<\/p>\n<p>After the film\u2019s solid start the weekend of June 12-14, Disclosure Day is projected by <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/06\/box-office-toy-story-5-1236962629\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/06\/box-office-toy-story-5-1236962629\/\" aria-label=\"Deadline\">Deadline<\/a> to earn $16.5 million in its second weekend frame at the domestic box office, a 63% drop in business from its opening weekend. Should the projection hold, it will boost Disclosure Day\u2019s 10-day domestic tally to $77.7 million.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/06\/18\/obsession-on-verge-of-hitting-another-global-box-office-milestone\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u2018Obsession\u2019 Reaches Another Global Box Office Milestone\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/06\/18\/obsession-on-verge-of-hitting-another-global-box-office-milestone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forbes\u2018Obsession\u2019 Reaches Another Global Box Office MilestoneBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Toy Story 5, meanwhile, is projected by Deadline to mow down all of its competition with an opening weekend take of anywhere between $160 million and $170 million from 4,425 North American theaters \u2014 more than enough to take away Disclosure Day\u2019s box office crown after one week. As such, Disclosure Day is projected to drop to No. 2 domestically.<\/p>\n<p>Scene from &#8220;Disclosure Day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Universal Pictures\u2018Disclosure Day\u2019 Is In Better Shape Than \u2018The Mandalorian\u2019 And \u2018MOTU\u2019<\/p>\n<p>While a 63% drop is rough for any new film in theaters, Disclosure Day is better equipped to weather the storm than a pair of other new releases since it has a production budget, per <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/disclosure-day-steven-spielberg-summer-box-office-shaky-tracking-1236770265\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/disclosure-day-steven-spielberg-summer-box-office-shaky-tracking-1236770265\/\" aria-label=\"Variety\">Variety<\/a>, of $115 million and a marketing budget of $80 million.<\/p>\n<p> By contrast, Disclosure Day\u2019s tentpole predecessors this summer \u2014 Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu and Masters of the Universe \u2014 have much larger production budgets and bigger drops in their second weekend frames at the domestic box office. The Mando movie took a <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/05\/29\/mandalorian-and-grogu-heading-toward-69-drop-at-weekend-2-box-office\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/05\/29\/mandalorian-and-grogu-heading-toward-69-drop-at-weekend-2-box-office\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"69% drop\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">69% drop<\/a> at the domestic box office in its second weekend, while Masters of the Universe <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/06\/12\/masters-of-the-universe-losing-power-with-projected-68-dive-at-weekend-2-box-office\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/06\/12\/masters-of-the-universe-losing-power-with-projected-68-dive-at-weekend-2-box-office\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"skidded 71%\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">skidded 71%<\/a> in its second frame.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-4 link-embed--long-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/05\/22\/obsession-star-inde-navarrette-discusses-her-spellbinding-performance-in-hit-horror-thriller\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u2018Obsession\u2019 Star Inde Navarrette Discusses Her Spellbinding Performance In Hit Horror Thriller\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/05\/22\/obsession-star-inde-navarrette-discusses-her-spellbinding-performance-in-hit-horror-thriller\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forbes\u2018Obsession\u2019 Star Inde Navarrette Discusses Her Spellbinding Performance In Hit Horror ThrillerBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, indie stalwarts Obsession and Backrooms are each hanging tough in theaters this weekend and are expected to finish at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. Deadline projects Obsession will earn $13.1 million in its seventh weekend in theaters \u2014 a 31% drop from last weekend \u2014 to up its running domestic total to $214.7 million.<\/p>\n<p>Writer-director Curry Barker\u2019s $750,000 film hit a couple of major milestones this week, first on Monday by becoming the highest-grossing festival acquisition of all time over 1999\u2019s The Blair Witch Project. Then on Thursday, Obsession crossed the <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/06\/18\/obsession-on-verge-of-hitting-another-global-box-office-milestone\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/06\/18\/obsession-on-verge-of-hitting-another-global-box-office-milestone\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"$300 million mark\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">$300 million mark<\/a> at the global box office, setting yet another record for Focus Features, which acquired the horror thriller at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. Obsession is playing in 3,053 theaters this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-5 link-embed--long-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/06\/17\/mattels-kpop-demon-hunters-demon-jinu-doll-picked-by-fans-coming-to-pre-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Mattel\u2019s \u2018KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 Demon Jinu Doll Picked By Fans Comes To Pre-Sale\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/06\/17\/mattels-kpop-demon-hunters-demon-jinu-doll-picked-by-fans-coming-to-pre-sale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForbesMattel\u2019s \u2018KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 Demon Jinu Doll Picked By Fans Comes To Pre-SaleBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Director Kane Parsons\u2019 Backrooms, meanwhile, is projected by Deadline to earn $7.5 million from 2,851 North American venues, which is a 35% drop in business from last weekend. Should the projection hold, it will boost the running domestic tally of the $10 million to $175.3 million as it enters its fourth week in theaters.<\/p>\n<p>The trade publication projects that the Wayans bros.\u2019 horror spoof Scary Movie will finish at No. 5 this weekend with $7 million in ticket sales from 3,490 theaters \u2014 a 51% drop from the film\u2019s second weekend take. Should the projection hold, it will boost Scary Movie\u2019s running domestic tally to $97.9 million.<\/p>\n<p>Note: This box office report will be updated throughout the weekend as new information becomes available. The final numbers from this weekend\u2019s box office will be released on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/06\/18\/death-of-robin-hood-rotten-tomatoes-reviews-find-life-in-jackman-film\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u2018Death Of Robin Hood\u2019 Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Find Life In Jackman Film\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/06\/18\/death-of-robin-hood-rotten-tomatoes-reviews-find-life-in-jackman-film\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forbes\u2018Death Of Robin Hood\u2019 Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Find Life In Jackman FilmBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colin Firth in &#8220;Disclosure Day.&#8221; Universal Studios Toy Story 5 isn\u2019t taking long to boot Steven Spielberg\u2019s alien&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,283466,359649,359648,352679,134,344,85719,55709,217754,10492,78559,359650],"class_list":["post-748481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-backrooms","tag-cast-of-disclosure-day","tag-disclosure-day-box-office","tag-disclosure-day-movie","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-obsession","tag-scary-movie","tag-spielberg","tag-steven-spielberg","tag-toy-story-5","tag-what-is-disclosure-day-about"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}