Five films battle for box office dominance
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, the second chapter of Universal’s horror franchise based on the video game and directed by Emma Tammi, debuts at the top of the North American box office, earning 63 million dollars from Friday to Sunday and collecting an additional 46 million dollars internationally.
Slipping to second place is another sequel, Zootopia 2, CE Report quotes ANSA.
The Disney animated film featuring its cast of talking animals fighting stereotypes earned 43 million dollars, bringing its two-week domestic total to 220 million dollars and pushing its worldwide gross close to one billion dollars.
Dropping one spot to third place with 16.8 million dollars in its third weekend is Wicked: For Good, Universal’s second chapter in the musical saga about Oz’s most famous witches: the outcast green-skinned Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and the popular pink-clad Glinda (Ariana Grande).
The reimagining of The Wizard of Oz is based on the long-running Broadway musical, itself adapted from Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel. Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution opens in fourth place: the violent sorcery tale based on the anime, distributed by Gkids, earned 10.2 million dollars. In fifth place with 3.5 million dollars is Now You See Me: Now You Don’t from Lionsgate, the third installment in the franchise.
