Disclosure Day is officially a box office hit, with Steven Spielberg’s (latest) alien film shooting far and away to top the charts.
Deadline reports it Disclosure Day grossed $44 million domestically in its box office debut weekend and $92.9 million globally.
Going into the weekend, the prediction market for the film was a tight race. ONE Polymarket scenario with bets on what the film would do during its first weekend didn’t show up a clear winner initially, with most traders caught between bets, it would earn between $39-$43 million and $43-$47 million.
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As the weekend went on, the market is clearly showing the $43-47 million projection as the winner.
Disclosure Day led the global box office the weekend before Occupation ($34.1 million worldwide, $286.4 million cumulative), Michael ($21.6 million worldwide, $932.2 million cumulative), and Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu ($11.8 million worldwide, $315.1 million cumulative).
Expectations for Disclosure Day was around $35 million domestically and $65 million worldwide, so the film actually exceeded its projections. The film still needs to generate about $300 million globally to justify its $115 production and $80 million marketing budgets.
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Spielberg movie which Jaws, Jurassic Park and Raiders of the Lost Arc is known to enjoy staying power at the box office. His latest summer box, Ready Player Oneopened to $41 million and ended up earning $137 domestically and $607 million worldwide.
Reviews of the sci-fi film are positive, but audience reactions have so far been mixed. Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor star as a meteorologist and cyber security expert, respectively, who team up to expose the government’s cover-up of alien life.
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