'Indiana Jones 5' Knocked Out Of First Place At Box Office

TV & Film

Jul 10

Having sat atop the domestic box office charts for just one week, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny has dropped into second place, with Insidious: The Red Door taking the top spot during the weekend of July 7.

The latest Indiana Jones film has fallen a bit short of expectations, with its opening weekend domestic total just about entering the projected $60-65 million range at $60.3 million. This second weekend saw a 56% drop from the first, raking in just $26.5 million. The Red Door, the latest Insidious film, had an opening weekend of $32.6 million. That total has already seen it break even from its reported production budget of $16 million. The Dial of Destiny seems less likely to break even.

At a reported $295 million production budget, The Dial of Destiny needs at least $750 million just to break even. At present, the domestic gross sits at $121.2 million, but with Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One around the corner, another high drop in weekend gross seems likely for the whip-cracking archaeologist’s latest. While it is still too early to call Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny a failure, it seems destined to be anything but a success.

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