JamesG
04-03-2023, 06:51 PM
Dungeons & Dragons Rolls $38.5 Million in Opening Weekend
by Rebecca Rubin
April 2, 2023
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves emerged victorious over last weekend’s champ John Wick: Chapter 4 at the domestic box office, rolling $38.5 million from 3,855 North American theaters in its opening weekend.
Buoyed by positive reviews and enthusiastic word-of-mouth, Paramount and eOne’s adaptation of the popular role-playing game landed on the higher end of expectations, which had pegged the film with a debut between $30 million and $40 million.
Internationally, the film collected $33 million from 58 markets for a global tally of $71.5 million.
John Wick: Chapter 4 took second place with $28.2 million from 3,855 venues, a stellar result for its sophomore outing.
After two weeks on the big screen, the action sequel has generated $122.7 million in North America and $245 million globally. It’s aiming to catch up to 2019’s Parabellum, which ranks as the highest-earner of the franchise with $328 million.
In third place, Scream VI added $5.3 million from 3,016 locations, bringing its domestic total to $98.2 million.
It’s already improved upon its predecessor, 2022’s Scream, which ended its North American box office run with $81 million.
The latest Scream placed just ahead of the faith-based drama His Only Son and Creed III on on box office charts. The movie opened to $5 million, which is impressive since it cost only $250,000 to make.
Creed III rounded out the top five with $5 million from 2,827 locations in its fifth weekend of release. The sports drama, directed by Michael B. Jordan who also stars in the film with Jonathan Majors, has grossed $148 million to date in North America.
Overseas, where Warner Bros. is rolling out Creed III, ticket sales have reached $110 million for an impressive global tally of $258 million.
Elsewhere, A.V. Rockwell’s R-rated drama A Thousand and One debuted to $1.8 million from 926 theaters. The film, from Focus Features, landed in seventh place behind Shazam! Fury of the Gods, with $4.17 million in its third outing.
Teyana Taylor stars in “A Thousand and One” as the free-spirited Inez, who kidnaps her 6-year-old son Terry from the foster care system and head to New York City. It premiered at Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Jury prize.
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/box-office-dungeons-and-dragons-40-million-opening-weekend-1235570970/
March 31 - April 2, 2023: Weekend Studio Estimates
1. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves $38,500,000
2. John Wick: Chapter 4 $28,210,000 / $28,210,000
3. Scream VI $5,300,000 / $98,228,065
4. His Only Son $5,000,000
5. Creed III $5,007,290 / $148,579,993
6. Shazam! Fury of the Gods $4,600,000 / $53,473,000
7. A Thousand and One $1,800,000
8. 65 $1,580,000 / $30,580,972
9. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania $1,230,000 / $212,023,747
10. Jesus Revolution $1,000,000 / $50,898,788
by Rebecca Rubin
April 2, 2023
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves emerged victorious over last weekend’s champ John Wick: Chapter 4 at the domestic box office, rolling $38.5 million from 3,855 North American theaters in its opening weekend.
Buoyed by positive reviews and enthusiastic word-of-mouth, Paramount and eOne’s adaptation of the popular role-playing game landed on the higher end of expectations, which had pegged the film with a debut between $30 million and $40 million.
Internationally, the film collected $33 million from 58 markets for a global tally of $71.5 million.
John Wick: Chapter 4 took second place with $28.2 million from 3,855 venues, a stellar result for its sophomore outing.
After two weeks on the big screen, the action sequel has generated $122.7 million in North America and $245 million globally. It’s aiming to catch up to 2019’s Parabellum, which ranks as the highest-earner of the franchise with $328 million.
In third place, Scream VI added $5.3 million from 3,016 locations, bringing its domestic total to $98.2 million.
It’s already improved upon its predecessor, 2022’s Scream, which ended its North American box office run with $81 million.
The latest Scream placed just ahead of the faith-based drama His Only Son and Creed III on on box office charts. The movie opened to $5 million, which is impressive since it cost only $250,000 to make.
Creed III rounded out the top five with $5 million from 2,827 locations in its fifth weekend of release. The sports drama, directed by Michael B. Jordan who also stars in the film with Jonathan Majors, has grossed $148 million to date in North America.
Overseas, where Warner Bros. is rolling out Creed III, ticket sales have reached $110 million for an impressive global tally of $258 million.
Elsewhere, A.V. Rockwell’s R-rated drama A Thousand and One debuted to $1.8 million from 926 theaters. The film, from Focus Features, landed in seventh place behind Shazam! Fury of the Gods, with $4.17 million in its third outing.
Teyana Taylor stars in “A Thousand and One” as the free-spirited Inez, who kidnaps her 6-year-old son Terry from the foster care system and head to New York City. It premiered at Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Jury prize.
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/box-office-dungeons-and-dragons-40-million-opening-weekend-1235570970/
March 31 - April 2, 2023: Weekend Studio Estimates
1. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves $38,500,000
2. John Wick: Chapter 4 $28,210,000 / $28,210,000
3. Scream VI $5,300,000 / $98,228,065
4. His Only Son $5,000,000
5. Creed III $5,007,290 / $148,579,993
6. Shazam! Fury of the Gods $4,600,000 / $53,473,000
7. A Thousand and One $1,800,000
8. 65 $1,580,000 / $30,580,972
9. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania $1,230,000 / $212,023,747
10. Jesus Revolution $1,000,000 / $50,898,788