Box-Office Weekend: PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 Bests Spidey

After six weeks, a new film stand on top of the box-office weekend top ten, as Practical Magic 2 claimed the number one spot by a $21.6 million margin.

"Practical Magic 2" posterOver its first weekend in release, Practical Magic 2 took in $30.0 million for Warner Bros., which proved to be more than enough to claim the top spot of the box-office weekend top ten. This pushed last weekend’s top film, Spider-Man: Brand New Day from the top spot for the first time in six weeks to land in second place where the film made $8.4 million for Sony Pictures Releasing, bringing the film’s seven-week total to $935.2 million. Meanwhile, The Odyssey dropped a spot to third place where it added $7.4 million for Universal Pictures, lifting the film’s nine-week total to $600.5 million. With $6.4 million, Runner managed to make camp in fourth place over its debut weekend. Following a third-place finish last weekend, Ketchup Entertainment’s Coyote vs. ACME fell two spots to land in fifth place where it brought in $6.2 million, giving the film a three-week total of $47.8 million.

Sixth place was claimed by Buddy as the film climbed a spot to bring in $3.5 million for Roadside Attractions in the film’s third week of release, bringing the film’s overall total to $21.3 million. Falling two spots since last weekend, Insidious: Out of the Further brought in $3.4 million for Sony Pictures Releasing this week, which proved good enough to land in seventh place ass the film lifted its four-week total to $60.5 million. Meanwhile, Neon’s Hope debuted in eighth place with $3.3 million, giving the film an overall total of $5.0 million following a brief limited-release run. Focus Features enjoyed a modest $3.2 million debut for The Uprising a the ninth spot of this weekend’s top ten. Finally, following a fourth-place finish last weekend, By Any Means plummeted to tenth place this week where it brought in $3.5 million for Paramount Pictures, giving the film a two-week total of $13.5 million.

Four films fell from the top ten this weekend. After two weeks, the 2026 re-release of Cars has taken in a total of $10.4 million for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, but it fell from the top ten this week following a sixth-place finish seven days ago. Following an eighth-place finish last weekend, Paramount Pictures’ PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie could not hold onto a spot in the top ten an had to settle for a five-week total of $51.4 million instead. After five weeks in release, and a finish in ninth place last week, the Warner Bros. film The End of Oak Street brought in a total of $53.4 million for the studio. Finally, with a three week total of $14.8 million, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures’ The Dog Stars failed to repeat its tenth-place finish last week

Weekend Box Office
(September 11th – September 13th)

  1. Practical Magic 2…$30.0 Million
  2. Spider-Man: Brand New Day…$8.4 Million
  3. The Odyssey…$7.4 Million
  4. Runner…$6.4 Million
  5. Coyote vs. ACME…$6.2 Million
  6. Buddy…$3.5 MillionClear cache
  7. Insidious: Out of the Further…$3.4 Million
  8. Hope…$3.3 Million
  9. The Uprising…$3.2 Million
  10. By Any Means…$2.5 Million
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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