Michael Bay’s action-thriller “Ambulance” also dropped significantly (down 54%) in its second weekend to seventh place (from fourth) with $4 million added to its take of $15.7 million. It has grossed $65.1 million domestically so far, which isn’t that great, considering Sony’s awkward attempts to tie the movie into its “Spider-verse.” Jared Leto’s “Morbius” took another plunge in its third weekend, dropping to sixth place with $4.7 million, down 53% from last weekend. That was enough for it to open in fifth place with an estimated $5.7 million despite receiving even worse reviews than “Fantastic Beasts.” It opened early on Wednesday with previews Tuesday night, which added up to $2.3 million before the weekend, when Sony released the movie into 2,705 theaters. Wahlberg’s real-life dramedy “Father Stu” retells the story of a tough, foul-mouthed boxer who became a Catholic priest, with Mel Gibson and Jacki Weaver co-starring. That was enough for it to burst into the top 5 with $6.2 million to take fourth place, the well-reviewed feature from filmmaking duo Daniels having made $17.7 million so far. (Look for my monthly box office preview before April winds down.)Īfter becoming the second-biggest opener of the year and biggest career opening for star Jim Carrey, Paramount’s “ Sonic the Hedgehog 2” dropped to second place with an estimated $30 million, down 59% from its opening weekend, as it crossed the $100 million mark with $119.6 millionĪ24’s action-comedy “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” starring Michelle Yeoh, expanded into 2,220 locations, roughly 1,000 more than last week’s wide expansion. With mixed reviews and a “B+” CinemaScore, “Dumbledore” really only has two weeks to make its money domestically, because it will probably lose a good number of theaters when Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” kicks off the summer movie season in May. SEE Grab the popcorn and sound off in our movie forums At least the movie is doing better overseas, where it added another $71.7 million to its global take of $193.4 million this weekend. Its estimated $43 million weekend is $19 million less than “Grindelwald” three-and-a-half years ago, and $31 million less than the first “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” opened with in 2016.
It was released into a hearty 4,208 theaters where it made $20.1 million on Friday with roughly $6 million of that amount from Thursday previews. Jude Law also got more screen time as the title character for the third chapter, but even with those notable changes, the troubled threequel ended up opening significantly lower than its predecessors. The third movie in a planned five-movie prequel to Warners’ hit “Harry Potter” franchise, “The Secrets of Dumbledore” brought back the characters from the 2018 sequel, “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,” all except for the title character played by Johnny Depp, who was replaced by Mads Mikkelsen (“Doctor Strange”). This year’s Easter weekend saw the release of two very different movies in wide release, Warner Bros’ “ Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” and Mark Wahlberg‘s real-life biopic, “Father Stu.”
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