{"id":302653,"date":"2025-11-23T23:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T23:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/302653\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T23:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T23:46:09","slug":"wicked-slays-running-man-plunges-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/302653\/","title":{"rendered":"Wicked slays; Running Man plunges 65%"},"content":{"rendered":"

The weekend box office results are in, and just as we predicted<\/a>,\u00a0Wicked: For Good\u00a0easily beat the first film\u2019s $112 million opening with a strong\u2014but not record-breaking\u2014$150 million. That\u2019s the year\u2019s second-best opening, behind\u00a0A Minecraft Movie, and just ahead of\u00a0Lilo & Stitch. The movie is poised to play exceptionally well over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, and when all is said and done, it has a real shot at coming in as the year\u2019s highest-grossing film in North America\u2014unless\u00a0Zootopia 2\u00a0and\u00a0Avatar: Fire and Ash\u00a0take away the crown (or rather, the ruby red slippers).<\/p>\n

While critical response has been cool compared to the first film, audiences love\u00a0Wicked: For Good, with it landing a much-desired A CinemaScore rating\u2014proving repeat business on this one will likely be strong, and it should continue to rack up huge grosses throughout the Christmas season. In fact, last year when the first one hit VOD on New Year\u2019s Day,\u00a0Wicked\u00a0was still in the top five at the box office, where it stuck around for many weeks after.<\/p>\n

While that\u2019s no doubt good news for exhibitors, it can\u2019t be denied that October and early November have been disastrous. Last year\u2019s surprise sleeper,\u00a0Now You See Me: Now You Don\u2019t, fell off a steep 57% to $9.12 million although, like the other films in the series, it\u2019s proven to be a juggernaut overseas, making another $32.6 million this weekend, even opening ahead of\u00a0Wicked: For Good\u00a0in some markets. It\u2019s made $146.2 million overseas, with a final tally in the $300 million range possible. Disney\u2019s\u00a0Predator: Badlands, which has had a decent\u2014if unspectacular\u2014run, pulled ahead of the disastrous\u00a0Running Man\u00a0remake to take third place with $6.25 million for a $76.28 million domestic total. It will end its run somewhere around the $90 million mark\u2014which will make it the highest-grossing\u00a0Predator\u00a0movie (although, adjusted for inflation, the original and even\u00a0Alien vs. Predator\u00a0kill it).<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Edgar Wright\u2019s\u00a0The Running Man\u00a0is proving to be one of the year\u2019s biggest box office disasters, falling an abysmal 65% in week two to $5.8 million and a horrific $27 million domestic total. This one is clearly not striking a chord with audiences (was it the ending?<\/a>), leaving us to wonder\u2014are some movies too iconic to remake<\/a>? Brendan Fraser\u2019s indie\u00a0Rental Family\u00a0did modest business in fifth place with $3.3 million, the latest adult-skewed awards contender to open soft.\u00a0Sisu: Road to Revenge\u00a0wasn\u2019t far behind with $2.6 million, which isn\u2019t too far off from the $3.2 million the original made. Perhaps its target male audience will check it out this Thanksgiving while their wives, girlfriends, and daughters are seeing\u00a0Wicked: For Good\u00a0for the second time.<\/p>\n

The Colleen Hoover adaptation\u00a0Regretting You\u00a0started to wrap up its run with $1.52 million and a solid $47 million domestic total.\u00a0Nuremberg, whose $1.234 million weekend and $11 million domestic haul are nothing to brag about, is actually performing a lot better than most adult-skewed awards contenders.\u00a0The Black Phone 2\u00a0wrapped up its run with a $1 million weekend and a $76 million total, making it Blumhouse\u2019s biggest success in a long time. Finally,\u00a0Sarah\u2019s Oil made $771K, pushing its total over $1 million.<\/p>\n

Next weekend is Thanksgiving, so it should be a good one for exhibitors, with\u00a0Wicked: For Good\u00a0and\u00a0Zootopia 2\u00a0both primed to do big business. What will you be checking out? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

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