‘Disclosure Day’ Box Office Projections On Soft Side For A Spielberg Film

BusinessHollywood & Entertainment‘Disclosure Day’ Box Office Projections On Soft Side For A Spielberg FilmByTim Lammers,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment.Follow AuthorJun 10, 2026, 05:43pm EDTEmily Blunt and Josh O'Connor in "Disclosure Day."Universal StudiosSteven Spielberg’s alien movie Disclosure Day, starring Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor, is tracking to open on the softer side at the box office despite mostly glowing reviews.Disclosure Day, which marks Spielberg’s first film as a director since his 2022 semi-autobiographical drama The Fabelmans, plays in Thursday previews before opening in theaters nationwide on Friday.ForbesHonorary Oscars: Ridley Scott And Glenn Close Are Among 2026 RecipientsBy Tim LammersThe film follows a cybersecurity expert (O’Connor) who establishes a connection with a TV meteorologist (Blunt) that may lead to the worldwide disclosure of government secrets about the existence of alien contact on Earth. Scripted by David Koepp from an original story by Spielberg, Disclosure Day also stars Colin Firth, Colman Domingo, Eve Hewson and Wyatt Russell.Joining an increasingly crowded summer movie schedule has surprisingly seen two low-budgeted indies — Obsession and Backrooms — bring in blockbuster numbers, Disclosure Day is projected by Deadline to earn $35 million in the film’s opening Friday to Sunday frame. MORE FOR YOUSteven Spielberg on the set of "Disclosure Day."Universal PicturesUnfortunately for the film’s studio, Universal Pictures, the projected number for Disclosure Day comes in below the top five openings of Spielberg-directed films at the domestic box office before inflation.Spielberg’s 2008 action adventure Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull had the biggest domestic opening for all of the director’s films with $101.1 million, followed by 1997’s Jurassic Park: The Lost World with $72.1 million and 2005’...