Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day opened to $44 million in North America and $92.8 million globally across 25,685 screens this weekend. Universal Pictures and Amblin distributed the film, which outpaced earlier projections placing the domestic opening near $35 million.
The film stars Emily Blunt as a meteorologist and Josh O'Connor as a cybersecurity expert who work together to expose a government cover-up of extraterrestrial contact. Carrying a $115 million production budget and $80 million in marketing, the film will need approximately $300 million globally to reach profitability.
Premium formats performed strongly. Nearly half of all grosses came from IMAX and large-format screens. The film's audience skewed older than most summer releases: 60% of opening weekend viewers were 35 or older, according to Variety. Critics scored the film 81% on Rotten Tomatoes. CinemaScore exit polls returned a B grade.
Internationally, the UK and Ireland led with $7.6 million. Mexico ($3.9 million), Australia ($2.9 million), France ($2.9 million), and Brazil ($2.7 million) contributed to an international total of $48.8 million across 73 territories. Brazil marked Spielberg's largest opening in that market.
Disclosure Day arrives at a box office saturated with franchise sequels and IP continuations. It is neither. Deadline described its tone as closer to 1970s paranoia thrillers than contemporary spectacle. A global number one on original material is a signal the industry will note.