Insidious: The Red Door scared away the competition at the box office, raking in an impressive $32.65 million domestically and $31.4M overseas for a solid $64M worldwide opening. According to Deadline, that’s the best horror film debut since 2019 and the second-best start for the Insidious franchise domestically after Chapter 2’s $40.2M opening in 2013.
Unfortunately, Insidious’ rise cut deep into Indiana Jones’ pockets. Dial of Destiny, which opened lower than expected, dipped -56% in its sophomore frame, resulting in $26.5M, or about on par with No Time to Die (-57%). Indy V has accrued $121.2M domestically and $248M worldwide, which would be suitable for an average film — just not a $300M+ Indiana Jones film. Remember, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull finished with $317M domestically and $473M internationally or $790M worldwide. Dial of Destiny isn’t touching those numbers.
On a positive note for Disney, Elemental is showing solid legs. Domestically, the pic has earned $107.9M after an $8.4M (-31%) take in weekend four. Internationally, the film has gained traction and raised its total to $142.7M with a worldwide gross of $252M. Not bad for a pic many (including myself) pegged a box office bomb a few weeks back. It’s still not amazing, mind you. Elemental still trails The Good Dinosaur by roughly $80M and likely won’t come anywhere near the likes of Toy Story 2 ($511M), WALL-E ($532M), or Brave ($554M), but at least it passed Onward ($133M) and Lightyear ($218M).
Of course, the huge news is the surprise success of Sound of Freedom. The Angel Studios film starring Jim Caviezel grossed $16.9M over the weekend and has hauled in a terrific $38.9M through its first six days. Those are impressive numbers for a pic that cost just $14.5M, per the Wall Street Journal.
Box Office Results:
- Insidious: The Red Door (Sony/Blum) 3,188 theaters Fri $15.22M, Sat $10.1M Sun $7.3M 3-day $32.65M/Wk 1
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Dis) 4,600 theaters, Fri $7.6M (-68%) Sat $10.9M Sun $8M 3-day $26.5M (-56%)/Total $121.2M/Wk 2
- Sound of Freedom (Angel) 2,850 theaters, Fri $4.9M, Sat $6.7M Sun $5.3M 3-day $16.9M, Total $38.9M/Wk 1
- Elemental (Dis) 3,440 (-210) theaters, Fri $2.9M (-18%) Sat $3.8M Sun $2.9M 3-day $9.6M (-21%), Total $109.1M/Wk 4
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony) 3,023 (-382) theaters, Fri $2.3M (-32%) Sat $3.1M Sun $2.5M 3-day $8M (-33%) Total $357.6M /Wk 6
- Joy Ride (LG) 2,820 theaters, Fri $2.6M Sat $1.8M Sun $1.4M 3-day $5.85M/Wk 1
- No Hard Feelings (Sony) 2,686 (-522) theaters, Fri $1.6M (-27%) Sat $2.1M Sun $1.4M 3-day $5.25M (-33%), Total $40.4M /Wk 3
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (Par) 2,475 (-377) theaters, Fri $1.38M (-27%), Sat $2M Sun $1.55M 3-day $5M (-32%) Total $146.7M/Wk 5
- The Little Mermaid (Dis) 2,080 (-350) theaters, Fri $1.1M (-29%) Sat $1.4M Sun $1M 3-day $3.5M (-34%) Total $289M Wk 7
- Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (Uni/DWA) 3,408 (+*) theaters, Fri $850K (-64%), Sat $1.1M Sun $850K 3-day $2.8M (-49%)/Total $11.6M/ Wk 2
