The final numbers for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny are in, showing that the Walt Disney Company spent $134.2m more on making the movie than they made in ticket sales at the box office. Forbes takes a closer look…
The [financial] filings reveal that $79 million (£62.6 million) was spent on post-production work in the year to the start of April 2023 bringing the movie’s total budget to an eye-watering $387.2 million (£306.7 million). It didn’t translate into fortune and glory for the film.
Despite its blockbuster budget, Dial of Destiny was castigated by critics. It has a 70% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes though movie goers weren’t so scathing. They gave it an audience rating of 88% but not enough of them streamed through the turnstiles to cover its production costs.
Data from industry analyst Box Office Mojo shows that Dial of Destiny grossed $384 million, just 49% of the takings of its prequel, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The 2008 movie was the fourth film in the Indiana Jones franchise and also attracted fierce criticism which makes Dial of Destiny’s performance all the more dismal.
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