Universal/Amblin's film "Disclosure Day," directed by Steven Spielberg, earned $19 million on its opening day from 3,824 locations, with projections estimating a $44 million domestic and $93 million global opening weekend. This performance is higher than Spielberg's 2018 film "Ready Player One," which opened at $41 million, marking it as his best opening since "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" in 2008. However, with a production budget of $115 million, the film needs to perform well to achieve profitability. Reception has been generally positive, with Rotten Tomatoes scores of 80% from critics and 74% from audiences, alongside a B grade on CinemaScore, which is below Spielberg's usual ratings.
In other box office news, Focus Features' "Obsession" is experiencing larger weekend-to-weekend drops but has surpassed its opening weekend total with a fifth weekend total of $21 million. It is on track to become one of the few horror films to gross $200 million domestically. Conversely, Paramount/Miramax's "Scary Movie" and Amazon MGM's "Masters of the Universe" saw significant declines, with "Scary Movie" earning $15.6 million in its second weekend and "Masters" only $8.8 million.
Lionsgate/Universal's "Michael" has become the highest-grossing music biopic of all time, with over $920 million worldwide, surpassing "Bohemian Rhapsody." Additionally, Lionsgate released the Hong Kong action film "The Furious," which is projected to earn $2.9 million this weekend, and the drag queen comedy "Stop! That! Train!" is expected to open at $2.3 million.