‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ Falls to Franchise-Low $43 Million Opening at Easter Box Office
17.04.2022 - 19:03
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Though that result is on par with the $41 million opening of fellow Warner release “Dune” last October and the $44 million opening of Sony’s “Uncharted” in February, it is down 31% from the $62 million opening of the last “Fantastic Beasts” film, the ill-received “Crimes of Grindelwald” in 2018. Audience metrics for “Secrets of Dumbledore” have been somewhat better than for “Grindelwald” with a B+ on CinemaScore to go with a 4/5 from general audiences on Comscore/Screen Engine’s PostTrak and an 85% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
But with only three weeks before “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” arrives and multiple films like “The Bad Guys” coming to compete for families and general audiences, the legs on this film may be cut short. In second on the charts is Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog 2,” which had a decent second weekend hold of $30 million for a 58% drop from a $72 million opening weekend.
The sequel now has a domestic total of $119.6 million, which is 12% ahead of the 10-day total of $106.4 million that was earned in 2020 by the first “Sonic the Hedgehog.” Fellow Paramount film “The Lost City” is No. 3 with $6.5 million and a domestic total of $78.5 million after four weekends.
In fourth is A24’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which bumps up into the top 5 in its fourth weekend in theaters as it expands to 2,220 locations and earns $6.1 million, slightly above what it made last weekend from 1,000 fewer theaters. The acclaimed sci-fi film starring Michelle Yeoh now has a total of $17.6 million.
Completing the top 5 is Sony/Columbia’s “Father Stu” with $5.6 million grossed from 2,705 theaters. The true story inspirational film starring Mark Wahlberg is a rare faith-based film produced
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