The Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Failure Thread

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UPDATED: Friday, September 22, 2023 01:23
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6IXSTRINGJACK

Thursday, June 15, 2023 10:35 AM

Another woke bomb from Disney/Lucasfilm incoming!

6IXSTRINGJACK

Wednesday, June 21, 2023 9:01 PM

“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” just doesn’t crack the whip

https://www.denverpost.com/2023/06/20/movie-review-indiana-jones-and-t
he-dial-of-destiny/

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Review: An Anticlimactic Finale

https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/reviews/1296379-indiana-jones-and-th
e-dial-of-destiny-review-an-anticlimactic-finale

Reviews For The New ‘Indiana Jones’ Continue To Be Terrible

https://www.outkick.com/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-new-revi
ews-terrible/

‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ looks (and sounds) the part but isn’t exhilarating | Movie review

Harrison Ford’s co-star, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, brings some energy, but director James Mangold falls surprisingly short

https://www.news-herald.com/2023/06/20/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-d
estiny-looks-and-sounds-the-part-but-isnt-exhilarating-movie-review/

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The fifth and final Indy film with Harrison Ford premieres across the country June 30, and expectations couldn’t be higher.

After all, this is Ford’s final time cracking the whip and wearing the iconic fedora.
Reviews have been really bad.

However, the film has been plagued by bad reviews and the expectation that it will disappoint at the box office.

Now, dozens more critic reviews have flooded in on Rotten Tomatoes and the numbers remain incredibly brutal.

As of Tuesday, the film is sitting at a horrific 57% rating after 83 reviews from critics. That’s not just bad. That’s the kind of movie that gets thrown in the trash and forgotten about as soon as it’s over.

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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, June 26, 2023 10:04 PM

Applebees is offering a free ticket to see Indy 5 with a $35 purchase.

https://www.applebees.com/en/specials/free-movie-tickets/new-indiana-j
ones-exclusives

Desperate much?

... and BOY... Is this one pissing a LOT of people off in NYC.

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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Thursday, June 29, 2023 8:59 PM

LOL

If you need to simp that hard for Disney over at GameSpot, you're going to be laid off soon and replaced with ChatGPT.

Indiana Jones And Dial Of Destiny Defy Critics With A $140 Million Global Debut

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/indiana-jones-and-dial-of-destiny-de
fy-critics-with-a-140-million-global-debut/1100-6515533/

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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the highly anticipated finale of the franchise, is set to hit theaters with hopes of surpassing its predecessors at the box office, despite facing the worst reviews in the series. According to analysis by Deadline, the film aims to achieve a domestic opening of $60 million to $65 million and a global debut of $140 million or more.

The performance of popcorn flicks in the post-pandemic era have shown that critical acclaim is not their sole determining factor. Despite unfavorable reviews, Jurassic World: Dominion earned $145 million in its domestic opening. Similarly, The Little Mermaid started with $118.8 million over four days. Dial of Destiny holds a 65% fresh rating, lower than previous chapters Raiders of the Lost Ark (93% in 1981), Temple of Doom (77% in 1984), Last Crusade (84% in 1989), and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (77% in 2008).

Not a single mention in the article about the $295 Million budget.

And not a mention that The Little Mermaid took a whopping 32 days to break even, at the point where they're only a week away from daily domestic takes of less than $1 Million per day.

The first three Indy movies only cost $20M, $28M and $48M to make, and that was back in the day when there wasn't a lot of box office competition and very little dropoff in interest and box office receipts for an entire month.

Despite making only $8M on its opening weekend, in the US alone, Raiders of the Lost Ark had a 564% return above the 40% rule of thumb ($225,686,079 over $40M). Worldwide it was 918% ($367,451,914 over $40M).

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Saturday, July 1, 2023 1:12 AM

Previews are not promising...

4,500 theaters on Thursday night, and it only pulled in $7.2 Million.

A comparison to big name movies in the theater now (Preview vs Opening Weekend Domestic Total).

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts / P: $8.8M / OWDT: $61M (Preview Theaters: 3,100)
The Flash / P: $9.7M / OWDT: $55M (Preview Theaters: 3,400)
The Little Mermaid / P: $10.3M / OWDT: $95.5M (Preview Theaters: ?)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse / P: $17.35M / OWDT: $120.6M (Preview Theaters: 3,562)
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3 / P: $17.5M / OWDT: $118.4M (Preview Theaters: ?)

At 4,500 theaters, Indy 5 was previewed at more theaters than ANY of the above movies opened with on their opening Friday, and it didn't pull in as much money as any of them... including The Flash.

I'm interested to see what Bruce has to say about this tonight.

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How you do anything is how you do everything.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Saturday, July 1, 2023 8:00 AM

Bruce is saying almost $74 Million.

I'm not convinced.

We shall see.

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How you do anything is how you do everything.

WHOZIT

Saturday, July 1, 2023 6:36 PM

Hopefully this bomb will get Kennedy fired and Lucasfilm will have to come up with some new stuff.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, July 2, 2023 9:19 AM

First day box office for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on May 23, 2008: $100,137,835

That would be $141,450,046.42 today, adjusted for inflation.

First day of Indy 5, June 30, 2023: $24,000,000

Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Production Budget: $185,000,000 ($261,322,392.16 adjusted for inflation)

Indy 5 Production Budget: $300,000,000

So it cost almost $40 Million more to make this one, adjusted for inflation, and it made a little more than 1/6th than crappy Crystal Skull made.

It was also shown in 340 more theaters than Crystal Skull was, so that was a lot of empty seats.

Spin this whatever way you'd like, media. Disney is done.

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How you do anything is how you do everything.

WHOZIT

Sunday, July 2, 2023 7:57 PM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
First day box office for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on May 23, 2008: $100,137,835

That would be $141,450,046.42 today, adjusted for inflation.

First day of Indy 5, June 30, 2023: $24,000,000

Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Production Budget: $185,000,000 ($261,322,392.16 adjusted for inflation)

Indy 5 Production Budget: $300,000,000

So it cost almost $40 Million more to make this one, adjusted for inflation, and it made a little more than 1/6th than crappy Crystal Skull made.

It was also shown in 340 more theaters than Crystal Skull was, so that was a lot of empty seats.

Spin this whatever way you'd like, media. Disney is done.

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How you do anything is how you do everything.

All the access critics and all the trolls can't save this dud.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, July 3, 2023 7:07 AM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Bruce is saying almost $74 Million.

I'm not convinced.

We shall see.

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$60 Million projected.

$130 Million projected worldwide. That's only 43% of the Production Budget for its first weekend, making it tie for 20th place with AIR on the last time I updated the list.

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1 The Super Mario Bros. Movie / Budget: $100,000,000 / WWO: $377,000,000 / 377%
2 M3GAN / Budget: $12,000,000 / WWO: $45,000,000 / 375%
3 Evil Dead Rise / Budget: $19,000,000 / WWO: $40,000,000 / 210%
4 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse / Budget: $100,000,000 / WWO: $209,000,000 / 209%
5 The Pope's Exorcist / Budget: $18,000,000 / WWO: $36,500,000 / 203%
6 Scream VI / Budget: $35,000,000 / WWO: $67,000,000 / 191%
7 John Wick: Chapter 4 / Budget: $100,000,000 / WWO: $138,000,000 / 138%
8 Creed III / Budget: $75,000,000 / WWO: $100,000,000 / 133%
9 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania / Budget: $200,000,000 / WWO: $250,000,000 / 125%
10 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 / Budget: $250,000,000 / WWO: $290,000,000 / 116%
11 Knock at the Cabin / Budget: $20,000,000 / WWO: $21,000,000 / 105%
12 Jesus Revolution / Budget: $15,000,000 / WWO: $15,000,000 / 100%
13 Fast X / Budget: $340,000,000 / WWO: $319,000,000 / 94%
14 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts / Budget: $195,000,000 / WWO: $170,000,000 / 87%
15 Cocaine Bear / Budget: $35,000,000 / WWO: $28,000,000 / 80%
16 The Little Mermaid / Budget: $250,000,000 / WWO: $164,000,000 / 66%
17 The Boogeyman / Budget: $35,000,000 / WWO: $20,000,000 / 57%
18 Shazam: Fury of the Gods / Budget: $125,000,000 / WWO: $66,000,000 / 53%
19 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves / Budget: $150,000,000 / WWO: $72,000,000 / 48%
20 AIR / Budget: $70,000,000 / WWO: $30,000,000 / 43%
21 65 / Budget: $45,000,000 / WWO: $12,300,000 / 27%
22 Magic Mike's Last Dance / Budget: $45,000,000 / WWO: $8,000,000 / 18%

You read that right. Dungeons and Dragons, Shazam and The Little Mermaid all did better than Indy 5.

Huge loss of money for Disney here.

I'm looking forward to adding these numbers to the Disney failure thread when the actual numbers come out for the weekend and I update it.

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