{"id":499438,"date":"2026-06-14T15:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T15:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/499438\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T15:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T15:55:09","slug":"disclosure-day-box-office-opening-masters-of-the-universe-suffers-huge-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/499438\/","title":{"rendered":"Disclosure Day Box Office Opening, Masters of the Universe Suffers Huge Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cDisclosure Day<\/a>,\u201d a sci-fi adventure from Steven Spielberg, opened to No. 1 at the domestic box office with $44 million from 3,824 theaters.<\/p>\n

\n\tThose ticket sales were above estimates of $35 million, though below the $50 million that rival studios argue a film of this scale should earn in its debut to justify its price tag. \u201cDisclosure Day,\u201d one of the summer\u2019s biggest gambles, cost $115 million to produce and $80 million to market. Since theaters keep about half of revenues, \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d needs to earn about $300 million globally to be profitable. <\/p>\n

\n\tCritics reviews are solid (81% on Rotten Tomatoes) while audience scores are mixed (a \u201cB\u201d grade on CinemaScore exit polls), so it\u2019s unclear how ticket sales for \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d will hold in the coming weeks. However, Spielberg\u2019s movies tend to have significant box office staying power. His prior summer blockbuster, 2018\u2019s \u201cReady Player One,\u201d opened to $41 million and ended up with $137 million domestically and $607 million worldwide. Internationally, \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d has generated $48.9 million from 73 markets for a global start of $92.9 million.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere\u2019s no straight line between reviews, word-of-mouth and box office, so no one knows exactly where this is going,\u201d says\u00a0David A. Gross, who publishes the box office newsletter FranchiseRe.\u00a0He notes that overseas audiences could contribute to the film\u2019s theatrical longevity. \u201cSci-fi thrillers do well abroad. These are visual stories that everyone understands.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSpielberg, who helped create the summer box office season with \u201cJaws\u201d in 1975, is the most commercial director of all time thanks to escapist blockbusters like \u201cE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,\u201d \u201cJurassic Park\u201d and \u201cRaiders of the Lost Arc.\u201d Spielberg has more recently favored prestige fare like \u201cThe Post,\u201d \u201cWest Side Story\u201d and \u201cThe Fabelmans,\u201d which scored hordes of Oscar nominations but largely failed to introduce the prolific filmmaker to younger generations. That was reflected in the turnout for \u201cDisclosure Day,\u201d where 60% of moviegoers were 35 or older. Initial crowds were eager to watch the twisty thriller on the biggest and brightest screens, with premium large formats representing a mighty 48% of grosses. \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d stars Emily Blunt and Josh O\u2019Connor as a meteorologist and a cybersecurity expert who join forces to expose the government\u2019s cover-up of extraterrestrial life.<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere at the domestic box office, last weekend\u2019s newcomers, Paramount\u2019s horror parody \u201cScary Movie\u201d and Amazon MGM\u2019s toy adaptation \u201cMasters of the Universe,\u201d each suffered a brutal 70% decline in their sophomore outings.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cScary Movie\u201d slid to third place with $14.5 million from 3,504 theaters, bringing domestic ticket sales to $84.5 million and $173.1 million worldwide. Despite the steep drop in attendance, \u201cScary Movie\u201d cost just $30 million to produce and is poised to reap financial rewards.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMasters of the Universe,\u201d on the other hand, will have a harder time justifying its mega price tag. The sword-and-planet adventure dropped to No. 5 with $8.6 million from 3,677 locations. It has earned just $45.7 million in North America and more than $70 million worldwide against a nearly $200 million budget. \u201cMasters of the Universe\u201d is based on the \u201980s Mattel toy and cartoon, and this kind of turnout suggests the movie isn\u2019t expanding beyond the core fanbase of older males.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile \u201cObsession\u201d continues to do unprecedented business with $19 million in its fifth weekend of release, a 25% decline and enough for second place on box office charts. What\u2019s more impressive is the breakout horror hit, directed by YouTube creator Curry Barker, has had four consecutive weekends that were larger than its already-impressive $17 million debut. Now the low-budget \u201cObsession\u201d has generated $188.3 million in North America and $265 million mark globally. It\u2019s the highest-grossing release of all time for its distributor, Focus Features.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBackrooms,\u201d another horror sensation, captured the No. 4 spot with $12 million from 3,404 venues in its third weekend. The film, from another YouTube phenom Kane Parsons, has grossed $160 million domestically and roughly $250 million worldwide to date. After less than two weekends on the big screen, \u201cBackrooms\u201d overtook \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d ($191 million) as A24\u2019s highest grossing movie of all time.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, Disney\u2019s \u201cStar Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu\u201d keeps faltering at the box office. In sixth place, the film brought in $4.7 million from 2,680 venues in its fourth outing. The space adventure, a spinoff of the popular Disney+ series \u201cThe Mandalorian,\u201d is shaping up as a major theatrical dud with $165 million domestically and $315 million globally against a $165 million price tag. <\/p>\n

\n\tAnother new release, the disaster parody \u201cStop! That! Train!,\u201d opened in ninth place with $2 million from 1,161 locations. The well-reviewed comedy, from director Adam Shankman, follows two stewardesses who have to save the day when a huge storm threatens to derail a high-speed train. RuPaul leads the cast alongside several \u201cDrag Race\u201d favorites like Ginger Minj and Jujubee.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe are very pleased with the enthusiastic response from both fans of\u00a0\u2018RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race\u2019\u00a0and newcomers alike,\u201d the film\u2019s distributor Bleecker Street said in a statement. \u201cWe have had multiple sellouts in major markets and look forward to continuing to take audiences nationwide on this hilarious ride.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tRight now the domestic box office is 13.2% ahead of last year, according to Rentrak. What\u2019s more notable is the summer season is pacing just 3% behind 2019 \u2014 a difference of $45 million \u2014 the last pre-pandemic year when \u201cAvengers: Endgame\u201d was cementing all kinds of records. Next weekend\u2019s \u201cToy Story 5,\u201d which should be the summer\u2019s first tentpole to launch above $100 million, could help to close that gap. Then the \u201cDespicable Me\u201d spinoff \u201cMinions & Monsters,\u201d Christopher Nolan\u2019s \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d and \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day\u201d look to keep auditoriums bustling through the rest of popcorn season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cDisclosure Day,\u201d a sci-fi adventure from Steven Spielberg, opened to No. 1 at the domestic box office with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[104158,93,61,60,270,199456],"class_list":["post-499438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-disclosure-day","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-summer-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}