Masters of the Universe landed in fifth place on its second weekend, according to weekend estimates. Per Deadline’s box office chart, the Amazon MGM release drew a $9.4 million three-day across 3,677 theaters, down roughly 68 percent from its opening, lifting its domestic total to about $47.4 million.
The weekend belonged to Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, which Universal and Amblin opened to a $42.5 million three-day, described by Deadline as the best ever start for a Spielberg and Amblin original film. Focus Features’ Obsession held second with $18 million (a week-five total of $187.3 million), Paramount’s Scary Movie took third with $15.2 million, and A24’s Backrooms placed fourth with $12.4 million, leaving the He-Man reboot at the bottom of the top five.
Overseas, the picture has stayed flat. Box Office Mojo lists the film’s international cume at about $24.7 million against a $40.5 million domestic figure logged so far, for a running worldwide total near $65.1 million.
The sophomore hold extends a steep trajectory the trades have tracked since the film’s $29.4 million debut on June 5. Against a production budget reported as high as $200 million before marketing, the second-weekend result keeps the Travis Knight reboot well below the pace outlets have cited for theatrical break-even.
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