“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is stumbling in its box office debut, generating $70 million internationally and $130 million globally to start.Those ticket sales wouldn’t be bad for a film aimed at older audiences, except for the fact that Disney and Lucasfilm spent $295 million before marketing to bring the fifth and final action-adventure, starring Harrison Ford, to the big screen.
“Dial of Destiny” is posting similar numbers to Warner Bros.
and DC’s misfire “The Flash,” which opened to $75 million internationally and $139 million globally but cost $100 million less to make.
Both tentpoles are expected to lose money in their theatrical runs.Outside of its underwhelming $60 million debut in North America, “Indiana Jones 5” had the biggest turnout in the United Kingdom ($8.9 million), France ($5.9 million), Japan ($4.7 million), Korea ($4.1 million) and Germany ($4.1 million).“Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken,” a $70 million-budgeted family film from DreamWorks and Universal, also underwhelmed with $7.6 million from 67 markets.
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