Marvel continues to enjoy financial success with the theatrical run ofDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The hit sequel has scored another $31.6 million at North American movie theaters to up its total domestic haul to $342 million. While the movie saw a sharp decline for its second weekend compared to opening weekend, the fans are still coming out to support the release with a less steep decline for its third weekend in theaters.
Focus Features probably didn’t expectDownton Abbey: A New Erato overtakeDoctor Strange 2at the box office, given the immense popularity of Marvel superhero movies. So it was perhaps not a shock for the film to land in the No. 2 spot without coming close to overtaking the Marvel sequel to land at No. 1. TheDownton Abbeysequel also fell short of initial box office projections, as it was expected to pull in around $18 million domestically. It has come up with about $16 million in the U.S. and Canada.
Meanwhile,The Bad Guysis sticking around in the top three spots, landing at No. 3 with another $6.1 million earned. The animated feature has now earned $74.3 million domestically and is still going strong by remaining in the top three upon its fifth weekend in theaters. It had debuted at No. 1 and hadkept that spot the following week.
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Is Still Raking it In
With its seventh weekend in theaters,Sonic the Hedgehog 2comes up at No. 4. The video game adaptation drew $3.9 million, upping the domestic total to $181 million. It is the highest-grossing video game adaptation of all time, and as these numbers continue to rise, the harder it will be for another video game movie to break that record. Paramount will certainly try to do it themselves withSonic the Hedgehog 3which is in development.
We round out the top five withMen, the new horror film from A24. It debuts with a $3.2 million haul in the U.S. and Canada, putting it just above another A24 film,Everything Everywhere All at Once. The continued box office success forEverything Everywhere All at Onceis pushing the film past the profits earned byUncut Gemsto become the highest-grossing release for A24, which must be great news for the company. Time will tell ifMencan stick around at theaters for quite as long.
You can read more detailedbox officeinformation atThe Numbers,and you can check out the full top ten list for the weekend below.
