Disney’s Haunted Mansion film materialized in theaters last weekend but the box officer earnings of the new film aren’t exactly raising spirits.
- According to Variety, the new film earned just $24.6 million domestically, with a worldwide total of $33 million.
- That leaves the movie with a steep hill to climb to reach the $150 million threshold it needs to pass to be considered profitable.
- It’s also a disappointment that, in the film’s opening weekend, it could not surpass the earnings of Warner Bros’ Barbie or Universal’s Oppenhaimer, which topped the box office for the second week in a row.
- Barbie dwarfed Haunted Mansion’s earnings, raking in another $93 million domestically, brining its total to $351 million.
- Oppenheimer remained significantly behind its “Barbenheimer” counterpart, adding $46 million to bring its domestic total to $174 million.
- Other Disney films still bringing in box office numbers include Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which added $4 million to its domestic total in its fifth, bringing its earnings to $167 million.
- Pixar’s Elemental also added $3.4 million in its seventh weekend, which brings its total to roughly $145 million.
About Disney’s Haunted Mansion:
- Justin Simien directs the new film, which stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Owen Wilson, Jared Leto, Winona Ryder, Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, Dan Levy, LaKeith Stanfield, and Tiffany Haddish.
- Inspired by the classic Disney parks attraction, the mysterious adventure follows a doctor (Dawson) and her 9-year-old son (Dillon), looking to start a new life, move into a strangely affordable mansion in New Orleans, only to discover that the place is much more than they bargained for. Desperate for help, they contact a priest (Wilson), who, in turn, enlists the aid of a widowed scientist-turned failed-paranormal expert (Stanfield), a French Quarter psychic (Haddish) and a crotchety historian (DeVito).
- Haunted Mansion is due out in theaters on July 28th. Check out Mike’s review of the new film.