‘Disclosure Day’ Beams Up $6.5M in Previews
Steven Spielberg's latest film, 'Disclosure Day', earned $6.5 million in Thursday previews, signaling a strong return to spectacle filmmaking for the director. The movie, which features an ensemble cast, is tracking for a $42.5 million domestic opening weekend.
Why it matters
The performance of this film serves as a bellwether for the commercial viability of original, non-franchise 'popcorn' movies in the current theatrical landscape.
More than 50 years after he helped invent the blockbuster with Jaws , Steven Spielberg is returning to spectacle filmmaking this weekend with Disclosure Day . The question now is if audiences will turn up in droves for the original concept he conceived of before handing script duties off to Jurassic Park scribe David Koepp.
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