Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the fifth installment of the franchise, opened to $60M in domestic box office. The Harrison Ford led pic earned 46.1% of its box office overseas, totaling an international box office of $70M.
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The box office turnout pales in comparison to its 2008 predecessor, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull, helmed under Paramount Pictures and directed by Steven Spielberg, which had a more than decent performance with a $100M domestic opening. The film went on to make $317M countryside and $473.6M internationally for a total worldwide cume of $790.7M, a great return considering its $185M budget.
In turn, Dial of Destiny commanded a nearly $300M budget to revive the billion-dollar franchise with Ford, now an impressive 80-year-old icon, as he again embarks on a mission to change the course of history through the retrieval of a historic artifact. James Mangold (Ford v Ferrari) directs the Walt Disney Studios pic, starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Solo: A Star Wars Story), Antonio Banderas (Uncharted), Karen Allen (Things Heard & Seen), John Rhys-Davies (Kingslayer), and Shaunette Renée Willson (Black Panther).
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The fifth sequel comes 15 years after Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and over four decades from the first installment, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, which released into theaters the Summer of 1981. The Spielberg directed film only made $8.3M upon opening, but eventually gained legs and made $248.2M domestically and $141.8M internationally, for a worldwide total of $389.9M, thanks to a number of re-releases that occurred in 1982, 1983, 2012, and 2021.
The sequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, followed its way into theaters in 1984. Temple of Doom opened to $25.3M on a $28M budget, and accumulated $333.1M worldwide. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, debuted in 1989 to $29.4M over the three-day weekend. The worldwide total box office amounted to $474.2M, and that’s off of a $48M budget.
In total, the Indiana Jones franchise excluding Dial of Destiny has made $1.988B in box office. Meanwhile, Dial of Destiny, the final installment in the series, is forecasted to make another $22M through Monday (July 3) and the Fourth of July holiday.
