(Los Angeles) The highly anticipated Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has multiplied admissions to climb to the top of the box office in North America, according to provisional figures published Sunday by the specialized firm Exhibitor Relations.
Posted at 2:38 p.m.
The sequel to The Adventures of the Red Cloaked Wizard, which sees the Marvel hero played by Benedict Cumberbatch explore parallel worlds, grossed $185 million in three days, leaving only crumbs for the competition.
It is the second best launch since the start of the coronavirus pandemic behind Spider-Man: No Way Homewhich had previously successfully visited co-existing parallel worlds grossing $260 million in 2021.
The success of Dr Weird shows that the box office is done with the dark days of the pandemic, grossing nearly 10 times more than the same weekend last year.
It relegates far behind the animated film The Bad Guysoutlaw animals struggling to become nice, who raked in just $9.8 million in three days.
We find in third place another animal, the blue hedgehog which collects 6.2 million with Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
More animals, fantastic this time, in fourth place with Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, new episode of the saga derived from the world of Harry Potter. The film recorded $4 million.
Everything everywhere all at oncea feature film also traveling to the absurd in the universe of parallel worlds, completes the top 5 with 3.3 million in revenue for its 7and week.
Here is the rest of top 10 :
- 6. The Northman ($2.8 million)
- 7. The Lost City (2.5 million)
- 8. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (1.5 million)
- 9. Memory Box (1.2 million)
- 10. Father Stu ($800,000)