Indiana Jones’ reign atop the box office was short-lived. In its second weekend in theatres, the Disney release was usurped by another franchise fifth – Insidious: The Red Door.
It did better than the last installment, Insidious: The Last Key, from 2018 and is the most any PG-13 horror movie has earned in its debut in the past two years. It was shrewd of Sony to release Insidious on the weekend between two Hollywood tentpoles, in this case Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part I, which opens on Wednesday.
Joy Ride also made its theatrical debut this weekend in 2,820 locations and earned an underwhelming US$5.9 million. The R-rated comedy directed and co-written by Adele Lim follows four friends on an international trip, played by Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu and Sabrina Wu.