Amidst its less-than-stellar Cannes premiere, flaccid 43 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating, and myriad woke-related controversies surrounding its studio, Disney’s latest Indiana Jones installment had a lukewarm $60 million box office debut.
That’s according to Comscore numbers, which show Disney’s “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” earned an estimated $130 million 3-day global weekend ($60 million domestic and $70 million international). Directed this time around by James Mangold, the film stars Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Thomas Kretschmann, and Mads Mikkelsen.
While it still managed to take the box office’s top spot, by some accounts the numbers reflect a less than lackluster opening for the long-awaited continuation. Still others see it as a decent debut for this latest sequel, which represents the finale for the entire franchise. The movie, which opened Friday has a conceivably five-day play period given that Independence Day falls on a Tuesday. Comscore computed its three-day gross….