Good sales of the movie “Now You See Me 3” at the box office (box office of the week)

“Now You See Me: Now You Don’t” performed a magic trick, knocking off big-budget action flicks “The Runaway Man” and “Marauder: Badlands” to top the chart. Now You See Me 3 celebrated its opening with $21.3 million, impressive for a franchise that hasn’t had a sequel since 2016. The film also earned $54.2 million from 64 international markets to finish its opening weekend with $75.5 million. The

That’s good news for Lionsgate, which spent $90 million on the film and has had some big and small flops in recent months (including “Ballerina” and “Lucky”). Lionsgate’s work is not finished yet, and in December, “The Maid” will release an adaptation of Frida McFadden’s popular novel, and next year, it will release “Michael” (Michael Jackson’s biography) and “Hunger Games: Dawn of the Harvest” (the new spin-off of the series), both of which are likely to be blockbusters.

“Now You See Me 3” is directed by Ruben Fleischer, whose credits include “Venom” and “Zombieland”. Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave Franco, like the previous two versions, play the role of magicians whose job is to extort money from corrupt capitalists. The fourth part of the film was under development some time ago and due to the sales of the film, its production is certain.

“We gave the audience exactly what they wanted,” says Lionsgate CEO Kevin Grayson. He added, “Now You See Me 3 has managed to expand its audience by bringing back franchise mainstays and adding a new generation of stars like Justice Smith, Dominique Sessa and Ariana Greenblatt.”

But the film “The Fugitive Man”, the latest work by Edgar Wright starring Glenn Paul, sold only 17 million and settled for second place. The film also sold 11.2 million dollars internationally, bringing its total sales to 28.2 million dollars. It’s not a promising start, especially considering Paramount’s $110 million budget for the film. This is also the first time that a Glenn Paul film – in recent years – does not take its first step firmly. His other films such as “Top Gun: Maverick”, “Anyone But You” and “Whirlwinds” all sold well. But the poor performance of the film is much worse news for Edgar Wright, whose previous production, “Last Night in Soho” failed at the box office and this may be the last time he will be given a decent budget. Analysts have said that the film will not experience a better situation in the coming weeks.

Considering the failure of a big-budget action movie with a rising star like Glenn Powell against the return of a low-profile franchise, isn’t that a sign that the “safe formula and nostalgia” are superior to the “thrill and new star” at the box office today?

“Running Man” is the second attempt to adapt Stephen King’s anti-utopian novel; The first was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s comically exaggerated 1987 film. And Schwarzenegger is somehow connected to the other upcoming film, Badlands, as he starred in the 1987 sequel. “Bad Lands” suffered a 68 percent drop in its second week, taking in $13 million for a North American total of $66.3 million. Produced on a budget of $105 million, the film has grossed $136.3 million worldwide so far and needs at least another $70 million to break even.

The week’s other big release was Osgood Perkins’ latest The Watchman, which took a measly $2.5 million in seventh place. The film’s sales are far below those of Perkins’ previous two films, The Lame and The Monkey, which grossed $22 million and $14 million, respectively, in their first weeks. Critics did not like the film and the audience gave it a positive D rating on CinemaScore, which indicates that they are not going to recommend watching the film to others. The only positive thing is that the budget of the film is 6 million dollars and it will not be a big financial loss for Neon Studio. Perkins has just started making his next horror project; “The Young People” starring Nicole Kidman will be released next year.

Regret You, an adaptation of the novel of the same name written by Colin Hoover, took fourth place in its fourth week with $4 million, bringing its total to $44.9 million at the US box office. “Black Phone 2” was in fifth place with 2.6 million dollars. The film has sold 74.7 million dollars in the United States so far.

The movie “One Battle After Another”, whose digital version was released recently, crossed the $200 million mark after eight weeks of release. That’s a decent amount for an R-rated movie, but Warner Bros. spent $140 million to make it. Critics have described the film as a masterpiece and it will shine at awards season, but the film needed to gross at least $300 million to make up for its budget.

This week’s box office had a total of about 75 million dollars, which is slightly ahead of the same period last year; The days when “Red One” with the role of Dwayne Johnson went on the screen. Next week, however, with the arrival of “Villain: Forever”, the box office will probably get a fundamental shake. To prepare fans, Universal Studios also re-released the first part of “Villain” and the film grossed $1.2 million.

* Sales figures are based on millions of dollars and include domestic sales of films in North America.

Source: variety