Will Indiana Jones 5 Flop? Tough start at the box office!

In its opening weekend, the whip-wielding archaeologist’s latest adventure grossed just $60 million in the United States. Internationally, the fifth Indy adventure is around 130 million US dollars.

Indiana Jones and the high production costs

Although the box office receipts for the first weekend don’t seem so bad at first glance, the result in terms of production costs is rather sobering. Disney provided director James Mangold (“Logan – The Wolverine”) with a whopping 295 million US dollars to stage Harrison Ford (“Blade Runner 2049”) in a hat and leather jacket one last time. With marketing costs, a total of up to 400 million US dollars can even be assumed.

Compared to previous films in the series, the start of “The Wheel of Destiny” remains a disappointment in any case. When the fourth part of the series, “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, was released in cinemas in 2008, the work was able to take in 100 million US dollars despite lukewarm reactions. In return, the first three films in the 1980s brought in true fortunes, which ultimately generated between 300 and 500 million US dollars in sales on comparatively moderate budgets (20 to 48 million US dollars).

Nevertheless, Indiana Jones’ fifth adventure remains in first place at the US box office. The producers also have hopes because of the 4th of July in the USA, which traditionally brings people to the cinemas as a holiday. But Indy doesn’t have much time to become a hidden treasure at the box office. Already on July 12, Tom Cruise will start in cinemas as Agent Ethan Hunt in “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1”, who is eagerly awaited despite Cruise’s tantrum during the shoot.