Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' Is Headed for a $44M Opening — And His Best Original Debut Ever

Steven Spielberg is back in the popcorn business, and the early numbers suggest audiences are ready for it.

'Disclosure Day,' Spielberg's first full-on blockbuster since 'Ready Player One' in 2018, is projected to open to $44 million domestically this weekend after pulling in $19 million on Friday alone (including Thursday previews). Globally, the film is tracking toward $93.9 million by Sunday night. If those estimates hold, it would mark Spielberg's biggest domestic opening weekend ever for an original feature — not a sequel, not an adaptation, not a franchise extension. An original.

The film stars Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor, and was written by David Koepp, who previously collaborated with Spielberg on 'Jurassic Park.' Spielberg conceived the story before handing it off to Koepp to develop the screenplay. Critics have responded warmly. Audiences gave it a B CinemaScore, which is decent without being a standing ovation — but for a mid-budget-feeling original in a summer marketplace, a B is workable.

For context on that eight-year gap: 'Ready Player One' opened to $53.7 million domestically and earned $583.5 million worldwide. 'Disclosure Day' isn't quite matching that opening, but the comparison matters less than the trajectory. Spielberg making a new commercial movie at all is the story.

Meanwhile, the more quietly fascinating box office story of the summer continues to be 'Obsession.' Now in its fifth weekend, the Focus Features film is projected to earn another $21 million — a decline of just 17 percent. Its opening weekend was $17.2 million. It has now had four consecutive weekends that outperformed that debut, which is the kind of word-of-mouth run that studios dream about and rarely see. Its domestic cumulative is projected to hit $190.3 million, making it Focus Features' biggest film both domestically and globally.

Directed by Curry Barker, 'Obsession' has been the quiet overachiever of the season while bigger titles have come and gone.

Elsewhere, Paramount's 'Scary Movie' is in its second weekend and looking at around $15 million — a roughly 70 percent drop. Kane Parsons' 'Backrooms' continues to hold in its third weekend, projected at $12 million and a domestic cumulative approaching $160 million. Amazon MGM Studios' 'Masters of the Universe' is having a rougher go of it, projecting $9.2 million in weekend two with a 69 percent decline. The article from The Hollywood Reporter, written by Borys Kit and Aaron Couch, described it plainly as a "non-factor" at this point in the race.

All figures are projections as of Saturday estimates — final actuals will come in Monday.

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