{"id":225198,"date":"2025-10-19T19:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T19:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/225198\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T19:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T19:04:07","slug":"black-phone-2-leads-global-box-office-tron-crosses-100-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/225198\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Phone 2 Leads Global Box Office, Tron Crosses $100 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cBlack Phone 2<\/a>,\u201d a sequel to Universal and Blumhouse\u2019s 2022 hit slasher film, scared up $42 million at the global box office in its first weekend of release.<\/p>\n

\n\tThose ticket sales included a softer $15.5 million from 71 international territories as well as a leading $26.5 million<\/a> in the United States and Canada. Top overseas openings were Mexico with $4.3 million, the United Kingdom and Ireland with $1.4 million and Brazil with $1.2 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tDirected by Scott Derrickson, \u201cThe Black Phone 2\u201d follows the return of the deranged serial killer known as the Grabber (Ethan Hawke). Initial ticket sales for the second film were slightly ahead of its predecessor, which launched to $13 million overseas and $35.8 million worldwide in 2022. The first \u201cBlack Phone,\u201d which cost $18 million, became a sleeper hit with $161 million globally. The sequel, which carries a larger $30 million price tag, shouldn\u2019t have trouble justifying its budget. However, it needs to stick around on the big screen beyond opening weekend to count as a major comeback for Blumhouse. The horror empire has struggled in 2025 with a string of flops, including \u201cWolf Man\u201d and \u201cM3GAN 2.0.\u201d Another sequel, \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2,\u201d is scheduled for December.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBlack Phone 2\u201d was this weekend\u2019s only major newcomer at the international box office. Elsewhere, Disney\u2019s sci-fi sequel \u201cTron: Ares<\/a>\u201d earned $14.1 million from 52 markets, declining about 50% from its debut. So far, the film has grossed $48.4 million overseas and $103 million globally after two weekends of release. That\u2019s a decent tally, especially for a franchise in its fifth decade \u2014 except that Disney spent $180 million to produce and many millions to promote the sequel, so \u201cTron: Ares\u201d is shaping up to become a major money loser for the studio.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnother expensive film, Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio\u2019s \u201cOne Battle After Another<\/a>\u201d added $11.8 million overseas, impressively down just 21% from the prior weekend. The Warner Bros. release has generated $100 million internationally and $162.5 million globally. It\u2019s an impressive result for the original, R-rated action comedy (one that\u2019s likely to find itself in the awards race). However, it\u2019s likely to end its theatrical run in the red for Warner Bros., which spent more than $130 million on production and $70 million on promotional efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cBlack Phone 2,\u201d a sequel to Universal and Blumhouse\u2019s 2022 hit slasher film, scared up $42 million at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[56355,49,48,75,337,15463,4937],"class_list":{"0":"post-225198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-black-phone-2","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-one-battle-after-another","14":"tag-tron-ares"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}