{"id":639123,"date":"2026-06-15T01:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/639123\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T01:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:37:15","slug":"disclosure-day-nears-100-million-michael-eyes-950-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/639123\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Disclosure Day’ Nears $100 Million, ‘Michael’ Eyes $950 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSteven Spielberg\u2019s alien conspiracy thriller \u201cDisclosure Day<\/a>\u201d collected a leading $48.9 million from 73 territories in its international box office debut. <\/p>\n

\n\tOverseas audiences will be key in the theatrical longevity of \u201cDisclosure Day,\u201d which Universal spent $115 million to produce and $80 million to market. Since about half of revenues go to theater owners, the movie needs to generate roughly $300 million globally to justify its price tag. Along with <\/a>$44 million in North America, \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d has generated $92.9 million after three days of release. Reviews are positive, but audience reactions have been mixed, so a bigger question is how the film will endure on the big screen.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpielberg is a household name through blockbusters like \u201cJaws,\u201d \u201cJurassic Park\u201d and Raiders of the Lost Arc,\u201d and his movies are known to enjoy staying power at the box office. His prior summer blockbuster, 2018\u2019s \u201cReady Player One,\u201d for example, opened to $41 million and ended up with $137 million domestically and $607 million worldwide. <\/p>\n

\n\t\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. The movie had a notable turnout on premium large format screens, including Imax, which accounted for $6.5 million or 15% of overseas grosses. Top territories for \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d were the United Kingdom and Ireland with $7.6 million, Mexico with $3.9 million, China with $2.9 million and France with $2.9 million.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSci-fi thrillers do well abroad, [so] foreign business should be good,\u201d predicts David A. Gross, who publishes the box office newsletter FranchiseRe. \u201cIf there\u2019s softness overseas,\u201d he notes, \u201cit\u2019s because China has shrunk so dramatically as a market for U.S. films.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere, \u201cMichael<\/a>\u201d is nearing another box office milestone after adding $17 million internationally and $21 million globally in its eighth weekend of release. The musical biopic about Michael Jackson has generated $932.2 million worldwide to date and will soon eclipse the $950 million mark. Should ticket sales keep climbing and surpass $975 million, \u201cMichael\u201d will overtake \u201cOppenheimer\u201d as the highest-grossing biopic of all time. The film has already dethroned \u201cBohemian Rhapsody\u201d ($911 million) as the biggest musical biopic in history.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther big-budget tentpoles have less to celebrate. Amazon MGM\u2019s toy adaptation \u201cMasters of the Universe\u201d added a paltry $8.4 million from 86 markets in its second weekend of release, bringing its overseas tally to just $39.4 million. The otherworldly adventure, based on the Mattel toy that was popular in the \u201980s, is approaching bomb status with $45.7 million domestically and $84 million globally against a mighty budget of nearly $200 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, Disney\u2019s \u201cStar Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu\u201d continues to struggle, earning $7.1 million from 52 markets in its fourth frame. The family-friendly film, a spinoff of the popular Disney+ series \u201cThe Mandalorian,\u201d has collected $150 million overseas and $315 million globally against a $165 million price tag. It\u2019s shaping up to be the lowest-earning \u201cStar Wars\u201d movie of all time, an ignominious distinction that currently belongs to 2018\u2019s \u201cSolo: A Star Wars Story\u201d with $179 million internationally and $392 million worldwide, not adjusted for inflation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steven Spielberg\u2019s alien conspiracy thriller \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d collected a leading $48.9 million from 73 territories in its international…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[126316,96,59,29683,210916,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-639123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-disclosure-day","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-michael","tag-summer-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}