Steven Spielberg's newest science fiction project has arrived in theaters with audiences offering a moderate assessment of its qualities.
Disclosure Day stars Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor and Colman Domingo in a two-hour-twenty-five-minute feature that opened widely on June 12.
The movie generated an estimated forty-four million dollars during its first weekend in U.S. theaters.
Post-screening surveys conducted by CinemaScore resulted in a B grade from audiences.
Professional critics delivered an eighty percent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on two hundred ninety reviews while audience scores reached seventy-three percent from over one thousand submissions.
The New York Times named the film a Critic’s Pick in its June 11 review.
Toronto Star critic Peter Howell remarked that it is mid-tier Spielberg which remains superior to the peak achievements of many other filmmakers.
Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com wrote that the production reminds viewers that blockbusters can explore moral and thematic complexity while providing substantial entertainment.
Industry outlet Deadline published details of the opening weekend performance and CinemaScore on June 14.
Initial reactions from press screenings ranged from mixed to positive with several observers noting the throwback appeal to classic science fiction cinema.
