The first hard numbers from Masters of the Universe’s second weekend point further down. Per Friday estimates reported by Deadline and relayed by Forbes contributor Tim Lammers, the He-Man reboot is projected to take $9.4 million across the June 12-14 frame, a 68 percent drop from its $29.4 million opening. Should the projection hold, the film’s running domestic tally would reach $47.4 million.
The slide pushes He-Man to a projected fifth place, behind two low-budget horror holdovers it had beaten on opening weekend. Deadline projects Focus Features’ Obsession to take second with $18 million in its fifth frame, lifting that film to $176.1 million against a reported $750,000 budget, and Kane Parsons’ Backrooms to land fourth at $12.4 million, reaching $161.1 million on a $10 million budget. Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day is projected to open at number one with $42.5 million, ahead of pre-release tracking that had pegged it nearer $30 million.
The drop is steep, though not the weekend’s largest: Deadline projects Scary Movie to fall 72 percent in its sophomore frame to $15.2 million for a third-place finish and a $85.3 million ten-day total. Unlike He-Man, Scary Movie carried a $30 million production budget, while Masters of the Universe was reported by Variety to cost about $200 million before marketing.
These are Friday-based projections, not final figures. Deadline noted the report will be updated through the weekend, with confirmed weekend grosses due Monday. The calendar ahead stays crowded, with Toy Story 5 arriving June 19 and expected to absorb most of the family-audience screens.
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