After being overlooked for the better part of a month, older audiences returned to theaters this past weekend with renewed energy to watch Steven Spielberg‘s first sci-fi film in eight years, Disclosure Day. Universal began promoting the film in earnest relatively late in the game; by comparison, the marketing campaign for Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey was already underway. But the studio lucked out with real-world events foreshadowing some of the movie’s ideas, with the Pentagon unredacting tranches of documents purporting to show unidentified aerial phenomena, or, in layman’s terms, UFO activity. Spielberg himself was the face of the film’s marketing campaign, and was sent on an expansive publicity tour. He was also given Arnold Schwarzenegger-style billing in the movie’s promotional material. This strategy seems to have worked, with Disclosure Day exceeding expectations in its box-office debut.
The sci-fi thriller was released in more than 70 territories around the world last week, with some countries beginning screenings as early as Wednesday. The movie was projected to generate around $70 million worldwide by Sunday, which would have been a solid enough debut considering its reported budget of $115 million. Domestically, the film was expected to gross around $35 million. Armed with positive reviews, however, Disclosure Day ended up surpassing both those estimates. The movie stars Emily Blunt, along with Josh O’Connor, Eve Hewson, Colman Domingo, Colin Firth, and Wyatt Russell,
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
The Matrix
Mad Max
Blade Runner
Dune
Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Here’s How Much Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ Grossed in Its Box-Office Debut
The movie grossed $44 million domestically in its opening weekend, and an additional $49 million from overseas markets, for a cumulative global haul of $93 million. On Monday, the film should be able to pass the coveted $100 million mark worldwide. It will need to gross around $300 million worldwide in order to break even, given the traditional 50-50 split of revenue between studios and exhibitors, and the costs Universal must have incurred to advertise and distribute the film. According to CinemaScore, Disclosure Dayreceived a so-so B grade from opening day audiences, which doesn’t exactly scream success. However, the reviews have been far more encouraging. The movie holds a “Certified Fresh” 80% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “A humanistic variation on one of Steven Spielberg’s most revisited themes, Disclosure Day‘s breathless pursuit of optimism in an age of conspiracy gets its biggest boost from career-highlight work by Emily Blunt.” Disclosure Day is playing in theaters. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
