Lucasfilm’s fifth and final “Indiana Jones” film, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” is on course to hit the lower end of projections for its opening this weekend.
Following its $24 million opening day on Friday (which included $7.2 million in Thursday night previews), the film is reportedly heading for $60 million for the three-day weekend.
That would put it on part with the likes of “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” and “No Time to Die” and whilst it will be good for exhibitors, with a production budget said to be anywhere from $250 million to just under $300 million – that’s not good.
Not helping are the reviews. Critics were mixed on the film, whilst the CinemaScore of a B+ indicates audiences weren’t that enamoured with it – though it is at least above the B of the last film.
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” and “Elemental” are tying for second place with $11.2 million each for the three-day. The former has a domestic total of $340 million so far, the latter just under $89 million.
The Jennifer Lawrence comedy “No Hard Feelings” slips to fourth with a $7.15 million weekend haul – a sophomore slump of just 52%, which is not bad. “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” will take fifth with a further $6.7 million.
In sixth will be another newcomer this week – the animated “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” which is tracking for $6 million this weekend, whilst “The Little Mermaid” has exhausted her run and will come in seventh with $5.2 million. in its third weekend, “The Flash” will have dropped to eighth with $4.8 million.
Source: Deadline
