The rampaging success ofGreta Gerwig’sBarbieandChristopher Nolan’sOppenheimerwasn’t without its casualties. WhileMission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part Onecertainly felt the brunt of the blowback, Disney’s already strugglingIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destinywas all but drowned by what has come to be known as the “Barbenheimer” event. That being said, the big-budget action-adventure passed a box office milestone this past weekend, although nobody at the studio is probably celebrating it.
After a month in theaters, the film has grossed $167 million at the domestic box office, and a further $188 million from overseas markets, for a running global total of $355 million. The filmopened lowto begin with, and has since lost over half its domestic theaters, with the bulk of the venues being realloted first toDead Reckoning Part One, and then toBarbieandOppenheimer.
This leftDial of Destinywith just $3 million at the domestic box officethis weekend, whileBarbieandOppenheimerran away with a combined total of nearly $150 million. The fifth film in the long-running Indiana Jones franchise debuted with a ho-hum $60 million at the end of June, and was greatly impacted byDead Reckoning Part Onea week and change later. Both movies have underwhelmed to different degrees — a performance made all the more disappointing because of theirbloated $300 million budgets.
Harrison Ford Wouldn’t Have Wanted to Go Out Like This
Dial of Destiny, believe it or not, has a lower score on review aggregatorRotten Tomatoesthan the widely despised fourth Indy movie —Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which debuted back in 2008, and ended its domestic run with more than $300 million, and its worldwide run with nearly $800 million.Dial of Destinyis the fourth-highest grossing movie of the franchise (or second-lowest, depending on your worldview), ahead ofIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, which grossed $333 million (but in 1984). Adjusted for inflation,Dial of Destinyremains the least successful movie of the franchise.
It also marks starHarrison Ford’s final outing as the iconic adventurer he began playing four decades ago, and is the first film in the franchise to not be directed bySteven Spielberg, or have a story byGeorge Lucas. The movie is directed instead byJames Mangold, who has proven himself across a variety of genres in the past, despite theoccasional misstep. He isset to helm a standalone Star Wars movienext, remaining in the Lucasfilm stable.Dial of Destinyalso starsPhoebe Waller-Bridge,Antonio Banderas,Toby Jones,Boyd Holbrook,Ethann Isidore, andMads Mikkelsen. You can watch our interview with Mangold here, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
