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Disclosure Day Plummets 74% Friday After $92 M Opening

6/21/2026

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Summary

Story summary

Disclosure Day earned $4.9 million on Friday, a 73.7 % drop from its opening day.
The film opened to $92.9 million ($44 million domestic) after Universal spent $115 million on production and $80 million on marketing.
Critics gave the film an 80 % Rotten Tomatoes rating, while audiences assigned it a B CinemaScore.
Analysts project a second-weekend total of $17.2 million, raising the domestic gross to $78.4 million by Sunday.

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Historical Context

When Christopher Nolan’s *The Dark Knight* opened in July 2008, it earned $158.4 million domestically and then saw a steep second-weekend decline, a pattern that reshaped studio expectations for blockbuster volatility; today’s Disclosure Day opening mirrors that swing, prompting analysts to warn that such drops could force studios to rethink budgets and marketing.

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Story summary

Disclosure Day earned $4.9 million on Friday, a 73.7 % drop from its opening day.
The film opened to $92.9 million ($44 million domestic) after Universal spent $115 million on production and $80 million on marketing.
Critics gave the film an 80 % Rotten Tomatoes rating, while audiences assigned it a B CinemaScore.
Analysts project a second-weekend total of $17.2 million, raising the domestic gross to $78.4 million by Sunday.

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