Posted May 15, 2022 by Mike Tyrkus in News

Box-Office Weekend: Doctor Strange Still On Top

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness maintained its spot atop the box-office weekend, finishing $54.1 million ahead of the film in second place.

In its second weekend of release, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness added $61 million to lift the film’s staggering two-week total to $291.9 million. Again, this bested the second-place finisher by a considerable margin as The Bad Guys only brought in $6.9 million, despite maintaining its hold on second-place. The animated film now has a four-week total of $66.3 million. Meanwhile, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 held steady in second place with $4.6 million. The film now lays claim to a six-week total of $175.7 million. Debuting in the fourth spot of the weekend top ten, was the remake of the Stephen King tale Firestarter which managed to pull in a rather lukewarm $3.8 million over its opening weekend. Again, holding firm in fifth place was Everything Everywhere All at Once which, in its eighth weekend of release, brought in $3.3 million to lift its total to $47.1 million.

Falling from the fourth spot to the sixth was Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore which managed to land $2.4 million in its fifth weekend of release, raising its total to $90 million. Holding steady in seventh place was The Lost City as the Sandra Bullock vehicle brought home $1.7 million in its eight week of release to raise its total accumulation to $97.1 million. Finishing just south of that was last week’s sixth-place film, The Northman which also landed $1.7 million over the weekend, raising the film’s four-week tally to $31.2 million. The second debut of the weekend, Family Camp stuck the landing in the ninth spot with $1.4 million. Finally, Nicolas Cage and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent fell from eighth to tenth, finishing with $1.1 million for the weekend. The film now sports a four-week total of $18.2 million.

This week, two films were forced from the box-office weekend top ten. The Liam Neeson starring Memory departs the top ten with a three week total of $6.7 million while Father Stu abstains from the top ten after amassing $20 Million over its first five weeks in release.

Weekend Box Office (May 13th – May 15th)

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness…$61 Million
The Bad Guys…$6.9 Million
Sonic the Hedgehog 2…$4.6 Million
Firestarter…$3.8 Million
Everything Everywhere All at Once…$3.3 Million
Fantastic Beats: The Secrets of Dumbledore…$2.4 Million
The Lost City…$1.7 Million
The Northman…$1.7 Million
Family Camp…$1.4 Million
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent…$1.1 Million

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Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com

An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.