"Sonic the Hedgehog 2" was sent packing to second-place over the box-office weekend by "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" besting it by $13 million.
A new film sits atop the box-office weekend, as "Sonic the Hedgehog 2" displaced "Morbius" from the number one spot by a margin of $60.8 million.
As quickly as "The Lost City" claimed to top of the box-office weekend seven days ago, it was displaced this weekend by newcomer "Morbius" by $24.3 million.
For the first time in nearly a month the box-office weekend had a new film atop its leaderboard as "The Lost City" bested "The Batman" by $10.5 million.
For the third straight weekend, "The Batman" maintained its stranglehold on the box-office weekend by a holding onto the top spot by $22 million.
The Matt Reeves-directed "The Batman" debuted over the weekend, earning Warner Bros. $128.4 million, easily besting last week’s top film by $117.5 million.
Editor-in-Chief Mike Tyrkus discusses "The Batman" and where it falls in the pantheon of the films based on the Dark Knight.
The skill with which director Matt Reeves and crew construct "The Batman" allows it to move swiftly along to an epic third act that does not disappoint.
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