‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ Unveils $60 Million Opening – The Hollywood Reporter

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Dugging in an estimated $60 million in its domestic debut, it’s an underwhelming start to the fifth and final installment in the popular adventure series starring Harrison Ford.

The hope now is that Disney and Lucasfilm’s tentpole stays well, starting this week as Americans celebrate the Fourth of July holiday. The film, directed by James Mangold, is set to close Tuesday with a domestic total of $82 million.

Overseas, the film launched with $70 million to a worldwide start of $130 million.

to Destiny asked The challenge has always been about attracting new, younger fans as well as those who have grown up on the franchise. The film, which suffered a series of delays, cost $250 million to produce before marketing.

As it is, the film’s opening weekend audience skewed significantly, with 42 percent of tickets being 45 or older, including 23 percent 55 and older. This is an avalanche rarely seen when it comes to a summer column in Hollywood. Even before the pandemic, older moviegoers weren’t known to rush out to see a movie on its opening weekend. PIC also skewed particularly for males (58 per cent). On Saturday, families start showing up.

The filmmakers were hoping for a domestic release closer to $65 million, but B+ CinemaScore ratings and lukewarm reviews will likely hamper word of mouth. One bright spot is its 88 percent positive audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Destiny asked It is the sequel to 2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skullwhich scored an impressive three-day debut of $100 million. skull crystalLike the first three Indy films, it was directed by Steven Spielberg.

the Indiana Jones The film series again Harrison Ford as the smug archaeologist. The 80-year-old actor stars as Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, Ethan Isidore, and Mads Mikkelsen. (Steven Spielberg led each of the previous four dew films.)

keeping the ongoing Nazi theme of the film series alive, Destiny askedThe s story revolves around an old device that is haunted by Jones and a villain played by Mikkelsen.

DreamWorks Animation and Universal will also open the weekend before the Fourth of July Robbie Gelman, Teenage Kraken which bombed an estimated $5.2 million. Family photo came in sixth place. Teenage Kraken It opened to $7.6 million to a worldwide debut of $12.8 million.

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