New Delhi, June 14 -- surpassing projections of $35 million and delivering Spielberg's best opening weekend in 18 years.

a hallmark of Spielberg releases - to push the film into clear profitability.

Emily Blunt stars as Margaret Fairchild, a government meteorologist who stumbles into a decades-long cover-up of extraterrestrial life. The ensemble includes Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, Colman Domingo, and Wyatt Russell. The film earned a CinemaScore of B - slightly below the B+ grades registered by Spielberg's Minority Report and War of the Worlds - with a 75% Rotten Tomatoes audience score and an 82% critics rating. Deadline's opening weekend box office report on Disclosure Day notes a PostTrak definite-recommend rate of 61%, w...