Although it was predicted that the latest installment of the Indiana Jones series, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of The Crystal Skull” will be a record-breaker at box office, its opening day in the US was far from impressive.

According to the BoxOfficeMojo.com, “Indiana Jones” opened on Thursday in the U.S. in 4,260 theaters and it earned $25 million in ticket sales. Given the Memorial Day holiday, Paramount has decided for a Thursday’s premiere, which means the movie will have a five-day opening.

However, based only on Thursday’s results is still too early to estimate what will happen in the next three days.

Earlier this month, another movie from Paramount, “Iron Man" opened on Friday, May 2, and it earned $32,500,000. However, some analysts have predicted that “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” will manage to surpass “Spider-Man 3”, which is still regarded as the best box-office debut, after it managed to gather more than $150 million over three days.

It will also  be interesting to see if “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” will manage to do better than George Lucas' "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith".  Released in 2005 on Memorial Day weekend, the Star Wars movie has earned $173 million.

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” confidently premiered at the Cannes Film festival on Sunday and it was warmly received by film critics.

Metacritic.com, the movie reviews aggregator, has a rating of 66 out of 100 for “Indiana Jones” based on 38 reviews. On RottenTomatoes.com, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” has earned a score of 79 percent based on 182 reviews.

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Skull” is set in 1957 and the villains are Soviets led by the very classy Cate Blanchett, in the form of Colonel Professor Irina Spalko. Young actor Shia LaBeouf costars as Indy’s sidekick, the rebellious Mutt Williams, while Ray Winstone and John Hurt turn up as companions in time of hardship. Karen Allen returns as Marion Ravenwood, Indy’s love interest in “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”

Probably the commercial success of this fourth movie will be a crucial factor for the future of the franchise. While in France at the Cannes Film Festival where the movie is scheduled to debut, George Lucas offered some hints about a fifth “Indiana Jones”

Lucas told Foxnews.com's Roger Friedman that, "I haven’t even told Steven or Harrison this, but I have an idea to make Shia the lead character next time, and have Harrison come back like Sean Connery did in the last movie. I can see it working out."
However, 65-year-old Ford, who returned for the latest Indy film 19 years after 1989s "The Last Crusade," insisted that this is his last "Indiana Jones" flick.

The first three "Indiana Jones" movies, "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide.