Harrison Ford's 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' had a troubled start at the box office this weekend, collecting a lackluster $60 million.
opened in first place at the domestic box office this weekend, collecting a lackluster $60 million, according to estimates from measurement firm Comscore.the low end of already modest projections in the $60-million to $65-million range domestically. Internationally, the action movie grossed $70 million for a global cumulative of $130 million, according to studio estimates. This is a disappointing start for the tentpole, which has a reported budget of $300 million.
Despite media hype and initially lofty expectations for the epic return — 15 years in the making — of Harrison Ford’s heroic archaeologist, “Dial of Destiny” didn’t even come close to touching its 2008 predecessor, “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” which launched at $100.1 million in the United States and Canada.It did manage to outperform the rest of the “Indiana Jones” saga: 1989’s “Last Crusade” , 1984’s “Temple of Doom” and 1981’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark” , per Comscore.
Review: With the messy but poignant ‘Dial of Destiny,’ a franchise strains to keep up with the Joneses Harrison Ford returns for a fifth and final round as the archaeologist-adventure hero, this time starring opposite Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Mads Mikkelsen. Rounding out the top three at the domestic box office this weekend are Sony Pictures Animation’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” which added $11.5 million in its fifth frame for a North American total of $339.9 million, and Disney and Pixar’s “Elemental,” which made $11.3 million in its third weekend for a North American cumulative of $88.8 million.in his final outing as Indy on a daring mission to capture a precious artifact.
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