Terminator: Dark Fate may have won the weekend’s box office, but it came up far short of expectations for the first film since 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgement Day to have both series creator James Cameron and star Linda Hamilton on board.
Does this make it a box office bomb? We’ll have to wait and see how Dark Fate plays out in the long run. It’s certainly the third Terminator film in a decade to flame out at the start.
Despite being the best reviewed Terminator film since Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Dark Fate earned an estimated $29 million which is far less than the $40 million plus that was first predicted. Per Variety, Dark Fate brought in another $72.9 million overseas, bringing its grand sum so far to $123 million.
Source: IGN.com Box Office: Here's How Terminator: Dark Fate's Opening Compares to Other Terminator Movies