Fantasy Moguls’ Steve Mason is reporting that last night’s “box office results for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull “are very good, but shy of the meteoric predictions made by many box-office analysts, including yours truly. It appears that the George Lucas/Steven Spielberg collaboration, the first Indiana Jones sequel in 19 years, grabbed an estimated $26 million yesterday. That’s well below the $50 million haul enjoyed by Lucas√ɬ¢√¢‚Äö¬¨√¢‚Äû¬¢ Star Wars: Episode III √ɬ¢√¢‚Äö¬¨√¢‚Ǩ≈ì Revenge of the Sith on Thursday, May 19, 2005. The film was thought to have a chance to surpass Sith’s $172.8 million 5-day record, but that’s now improbable at best.”
