UPDATE AFTER EXCLUSIVE: Previews in North America for Universal and Amblin’s Steven Spielberg movie Disclosure Day came in at $6.5 million, which takes the Thursday night and Wednesday offshore combined take to $12.5M. We’ll get another update on international later Friday morning.
That preview figure for the $115M net production is on par with Alien: Romulus ($6.5M previews, 3-day of $42M), just ahead of Jordan Peele’s Nope ($6.4M previews, $44.3M), and just under that of The Marvels ($6.6M previews, $46.1M). If Uni hits a $40M+ opening on this movie in the U.S./Canada, they’ll be very happy. Again, as we previously told you, Spielberg, the architect of the blockbuster, is a filmmaker who isn’t about the enormous opening, but rather about his legs.
See the chart of his top bows below.
Among the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s sci-fi pics, Disclosure Day‘s audience score on Rotten Tomatoes ain’t too shabby at 74%, higher than E.T. (72%), A.I. (64%) and War of the Worlds (42%) but under Close Encounters of the Third Kind (85%) and Minority Report (80%).
Disclosure Day is one of two wide entries this weekend, the other being Bleecker Street’s RuPaul comedy Stop! That! Train!
Interesting to note in regards to weekdays: Focus Features’ Obsession beat Scary Movie on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Phenomenal weekly hold in week 4 of -11%. The Curry Barker-directed pic about a toxic relationship hasn’t broken up with audiences yet.
- Scary Movie (Par) 3,490 theaters, Wk $70M/Wk 1
- Obsession (Foc) 2,900 theaters, Wk $42.8M (-11%), Total $169.3M/Wk 4
- Backrooms (A24) 3,565 theaters, Wk $39.6M (-64%)/Wk 2
- Masters of the Universe (Amz) Wk $38M/Wk 1
- Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act (Fath) Wk $16.7M, Total $25.1M/Wk 1
This YouTube born adult animated craze is sticking around in theaters through June 19. Pic will hit Netflix and YouTube on June 19.
PREVIOUSLY, EXCLUSIVE: Sources are telling us that the first day worldwide of Steven Spielberg’s alien feature Disclosure Day is around $12 million. That includes a $6M Wednesday from its first swath of overseas markets, in addition to domestic previews which are around $6M from showtimes that began at 2 p.m. today.
As always, that Thursday night domestic number is an estimate; previews by Friday AM could come in higher or lower.
The movie starring Emily Blunt, Colman Domingo and Josh O’Connor is expected to do around $65M+ worldwide, and about $35M give or take domestic. The Rotten Tomatoes critical score at 82% certified fresh in comparison to the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s other sci-fi pics is higher than his War of the Worlds (76%) and A.I. (76%) but lower than Close Encounters of the Third Kind (91%) and Minority Report (89%).
Wednesday’s foreign take of $6M includes all key markets except for China and Spain, where Disclosure Day bows Friday. The pic’s overall touch-down is in 73 markets on more than 50,600 screens in 21,600 locations by EOD tomorrow. Overall foreign opening is targeted at $30M+. In many places abroad, Disclosure Day is already beaming in more cash than Spielberg’s previous sci-fi movie, Ready Player One. However, that movie is a tough comp (until it’s not): It opened offshore to a lofty $49M ($102.7M WW) juiced by a vibrant pre-Covid China marketplace.
The UK and Ireland’s $1.2M Wednesday for Disclosure Day reps a strong 36% market share at No. 1 across 650 sites. It will expand to 720 locations by Friday and will be the market’s widest release for Spielberg. Wednesday’s result is above the same day’s previews for Twisters, in line with the first Wednesday for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning and M:I – The Final Reckoning (Mon/Tue openings) and above the Thursday start for Ready Player One.
France grossed $632K on Wednesday from 73K admissions, bowing across 680 screens and notching No. 1 with a 25% share of total market admissions. This Wednesday result is above Blade Runner 2049, One Battle After Another, Twisters and more than double A Quiet Place: Day One, Arrival and Project Hail Mary in admissions. Disclosure Day has received positive audience reactions, including a 3.8/5-star rating on Allocine.
Mexico was also muy bien with $486K on Wednesday, No. 1 with a strong 29% market share across 1,800 screens. This is in line with the standard opening day (Thursday) for Twisters and above Project Hail Mary and Interstellar.
Korea opened to $383K on Wednesday on 1,071 screens, Spielberg’s second-widest release behind Ready Player One’s 1,079 in the market. Disclosure Day ranks first and claimed 32% of total box office during the market’s bi-monthly Culture Day. This Wednesday start is above Twisters and more than double One Battle After Another.
Germany grossed $348K on Wednesday across 520 screens, ranking No. 1 with 21% market share. That’s above the Wednesday previews for Twisters.
Italy made $336K on Wednesday, ranking No. 1 with 30% market share. This is above the Wednesday previews for Ready Player One and Twisters.
Brazil had a good start with $231K on Wednesday at No. 2 behind Scary Movie, which is over-indexing in this market. Wednesday’s result is in line with the standard opening day (Thursday) for Ready Player One and above Project Hail Mary, Twisters and Blade Runner 2049.
In Australia, Disclosure Day has reached a running total of $594K, starting its release with limited sneaks Wednesday night and adding $406K on Thursday. The pic launched on 312 screens. Today, the pic was No. 1 in the market with a 36% share of the Top 10 titles. This result is well above One Battle After Another and Arrival.