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Posted April 2, 2023 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Box-Office Weekend: Dungeons & Dragons is #1


There is a new film atop the box-office weekend as Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves managed to edge out last weekend’s top film, John Wick: Chapter 4 by $10.3 million.

"Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" posterWith $38.5 million to show for its opening weekend, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves wrestled control of the box-office weekend away from John Wick: Chapter 4 as that film brought in $28.2 million over its second weekend of release. Still, this gives Mr. Wick a two-week total of $122.9 million. Debuting in third place was the holiday appropriate His Only Son which brought in $5.5 million in its first weekend of release. Meanwhile, holding steady in fourth place was Scream VI as it added $5.3 million over the weekend to raise its four-week total to $98.2 million. This activity pushed last weekend’s second-place film, Creed III to fifth place with $5.0 million. The film still boasts a five-week total of $148.6 million.

Dropping from third place to sixth was the latest DC disappointment, Shazam: Fury of the Gods which brought in $4.6 million over the weekend to raise its three-week tally to $53.5 million. Meanwhile, debuting in seventh-place over the weekend with $1.8 million was A Thousand and One. After finishing in fifth place last weekend, 65 took in $1.6 million this weekend and was relegated to an eighth-place finish. The film now lays claim to a four-week total of $30.6 million. Falling three spots to land in ninth place over the weekend was Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania with $1.2 million. The film now lays claim to a seven-week tally of $212 million. Finally, Jesus Revolution stuck around in the top ten by claiming tenth-place with $1.0 million over the weekend. This gives the film a six-week total of $50.9 million.

Three films were thrown from the top ten this weekend as Cocaine Bear, Champions, and Avatar: The Way of Water were all pushed out. After finishing in seventh-place last weekend, Cocaine Bear departs the top ten with a six-week total of $63.8 million. Champions however, only managed to earn $14.9 million in its first four weeks in release. Meanwhile, Avatar: The Way of Water has managed to bring in $681.8 million in its sixteen weeks of release and holds steady as the seventh highest-grossing domestic film of all time.

Weekend Box Office (March 31st – April 2nd)

  1. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves…$38.5 Million
  2. John Wick: Chapter 4…$28.2 Million
  3. His Only Son…$5.5 Million
  4. Scream VI…$5.3 Million
  5. Creed III…$5.0 Million
  6. Shazam! Fury of the Gods…$4.6 Million
  7. A Thousand and One…$1.8 Million
  8. 65…$1.6 Million
  9. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania…$1.2 Million
  10. Jesus Revolution…$1.0 Million
Mike Tyrkus

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.
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