Steven Spielberg has disclosed that he isolates himself immediately after his films are released, apparently not reading reviews or listening to analysts' predictions about how they will perform at the box office. "What I do on opening weekend is my ritual is a total blackout like a sequestered jury," he told the website Hollywood Today. "No radio, no telephone, no Internet, no newspapers. I don't want to hear anything until Monday morning. I just want to hear one number, which is the Monday-morning number." Spielberg was referring, of course, to the final weekend box-office tally that is officially released at mid-morning on Mondays by the studios. In the case of his latest film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the figure was the best ever for an Indiana Jones film and came close to setting an all-time box-office record for the Memorial Day weekend. Worldwide, the film grossed $311 million, with slightly less than half that amount, $151 million, derived from domestic ticket sales.
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