'Fantastic Beasts 3' ធ្លាក់ចុះ 79% ខណៈដែល 'Sonic 2' ធ្លាក់ចុះ 63%

In holdover domestic box office news, J.K. Rowling’s សត្វដ៏អស្ចារ្យ៖ អាថ៌កំបាំងរបស់ Dumbledore earned $4.1 million on its second Friday, dropping 79% from a not-great $20 million opening day. It’s looking like a $13.5 million (-68%) weekend and $66.6 million ten-day total. That’s not the worst drop for a Wizarding World flick. Harry Potter និង Deathly Hallows វគ្គ ២ dropped 83% on Friday and 72% for the weekend in July of 2011. However, minor detail, Harry Potter ១ was coming off a record-breaking $92 million opening day and $169 million opening weekend and would still go on to earn $381 million domestic and $1.34 billion worldwide (the third biggest ever at the time behind កប៉ាល់ទីតានិច និង Avatar). It’s looking like a $90-$95 million finish for សត្វអស្ចារ្យ ៣.

Paramount's Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ។ earned $4 million on its third Friday, taking a harsh បុរសអាក្រក់-influenced dive of 63% from last Friday. Still, the $110 million video game-based sequel will earn around $16 million (-46%) to bring its total to $146.5 million. That’s past អ្នកអង្កេត Pikachu (១៤១ លានដុល្លារ) និង មិនអាចដឹងបាន ($146 million) but just below Sonic កាំប្រមានេះ ($148 million, counting Covid-era summer 2020 reissues). So it’ll end day 24 just shy of becoming the biggest-grossing video game movie ever in unadjusted domestic earnings, a milestone it will reach in the coming days. Once it passes $155 million next weekend, it’ll be the second-biggest when adjusted for inflation behind Angelina Jolie’s Raider ផ្នូរ ($131 million in 2001/$212 million adjusted). It’s still looking at a terrific over/under $180 million domestic total.

In better news for better movies, A24’s sleeper smash អ្វីគ្រប់យ៉ាង, គ្រប់ទីកន្លែងនៅពេលតែមួយ earned another $1.557 million (-19%) on its fifth Friday for a likely $5 million (-16%) weekend and $26.8 million 31-day total. Forget that “normal rate of descent” I discussed yesterday, this one is passing $30 million next weekend and could (emphasis on “could”) end up over $40 million by the end. The Michelle Yeoh/Ke Huy Quan/Stephanie Hsu/James Wong action-comedy is now sure to end up A24’s fourth biggest film and could end up closer to the top alongside (sans inflation) តំណពូជ (១៧៧,៨ លានដុល្លារ), របស់ Lady បក្សី (១៤១ លានដុល្លារ) និង ត្បូងមិនកាត់។ ($50 million). The $25 million multiverse fantasy, courtesy of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, would be huge hit with these grosses in non-Covid times, let alone now.

Paramount's ទីក្រុងបាត់ continued to hang tough alongside the newbies. The Sandra Bullock/Channing Tatum rom-com adventure earned $1.3 million (-38%) for a likely $4.5 million (-28%) weekend. That’ll give the $70 million original a $85.5 million 31-day total and a likely path to a $100 million-plus domestic total. I don’t know what Paramount is doing right after doing so much so wrong for the last six years, but I hope Brian Robbins can continue what Jim Gianopulos started. Sony’s Fatherពុកស្ទូ earned $990,000 (-41%) on its second Friday for a $3.2 million (-41%) weekend and $13.8 million 12-day total. មូបារ៉ាស។ will earn $2.22 million (-53%) in weekend four for a $69.1 million 24-day cume. រថយន្តសង្គ្រោះ will earn $1.81 million (-55%) for a $19.2 million 17-day total.

Intriguingly enough, Batman took a very real tumble on its eighth Friday, losing 731 theaters and earning just $405,000 (-69%) and setting the stage for a $1.4 million (-63%) eighth weekend. For the record, it’s still going to end the weekend with $368 million domestic, so it’s still a massive hit for all parties. The loss of theaters, the deluge of competition on all sides and the debut on HBO Max this past Monday all contributed to the big drop, but if this continues it may buck the trend we’ve seen since កន្លែងស្ងាត់មួយភាគ ២ whereby a hit film arriving “early” on PVOD and/or streaming doesn’t really impact the theatrical box office. I’m inclined to argue a combination of the three versus entirely blaming HBO Max, but we’ll see.