Spielberg opening weekends ranked

Steven Spielberg’s new
alien conspiracy thriller
Disclosure Day has
brought in $44 million
dollars in its opening
U.S. weekend ($93m
globally), which is
about a third more than
had been previously
estimated

TOP 20 SPIELBERG
MOVIE OPENING WEEKENDS
($ millions, domestic, adjusted for inflation)

The Lost World:
Jurassic Park (1997)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Jurassic Park (1993)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Indiana Jones and the
Last Crusade (1989)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Minority Report (2002)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Ready Player One (2018)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Disclosure Day (2026)
Jaws (1975)
Hook (1991)
The Terminal (2004)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Lincoln (2012)
Amistad (1997)
The Post (2017)
The BFG (2016)

180.6
160.3
139.2
116.3
84.9
74.8
70.5
59.7
59.4
52.8
46.2
44.0
39.3
36.9
35.4
34.3
30.3
27.6
25.6
25.0

Budget: $115m
Marketing: $80m
Needs to earn: $300m
globally to be profitable
(cinemas keep around
half of revenues)

Note: Some films omitted due to not opening on weekends or because no data is available – opening
weekend box office reports did not become industry standard until early 1980s. Sources: Variety,
Rotten Tomatoes, Box Office Mojo
Pictures: Universal Studios, Getty Images
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