Box Office: ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Debuts to Heroic $185 Million

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The DoctorStrange sequel outgrossed its predecessor’s entire opening weekend tally in a single day. “Multiverse of Madness” raked in $90 million on Friday alone, while the 2016 original brought in $85 million between Friday and Sunday.

” represents a return to form for Disney’s MCU after COVID-era releases “Black Widow” , “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and “Eternals” . Due to the pandemic and other extenuating circumstances, those installments failed to live up to their franchise predecessors in terms of ticket sales.

At the domestic box office, the “Doctor Strange” follow-up outgrossed its predecessor’s entire opening weekend tally in a single day. “Multiverse of Madness” raked in $90 million on Friday alone, while the 2016 adventure “Doctor Strange” brought in $85 million between Friday and Sunday. Marvel and other major franchise films tend to be front-loaded in terms of ticket sales because fans want to be among the first to see the movie — lest spoilers appear online and ruin the fun.

“This is another sensational Marvel opening, by Marvel’s own dominant standard,” says David A. Gross, who runs the movie consulting firm Franchise Entertainment Research. “‘Doctor Strange’ is growing its audience with a stronger follow-up release.” With “Multiverse of Madness” looming large in theaters , several holdover titles rounded out box office charts.

“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” dropped to the No. 4 spot with $3.8 million from 3,051 screens. The latest chapter in the “Harry Potter” prequel series ranks as the lowest-grossing of the larger Wizarding World film franchise. “The Secrets of Dumbledore” has generated $86 million to date and may struggle to cross $100 million domestically, a benchmark that prior “Harry Potter”-adjacent movies passed in a matter of days.

 

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Yeah sure 😂!! Let's go with that.... Even when Spiderman came out it blew away that narrative. 😂 And Dr Strange has made more then all three combined.

'The film picks up as the eponymous neurosurgeon-turned-Avenger...casts a dangerous spell that forces him to travel into the multiverse to face a mysterious new adversary and alternate versions of himself. ' , do your writers even watch the films they cover?

I think most ppl need s life. They should stop watching these fantastical fictional stories that don’t add any value to their lives and try instead to search for a meaning to their lives. I can’t possibly watch movies like these even if I was paid to watch them.

Only good thing from this incredibly convoluted movie was Bruce Campbell.

The 'other circumstances'? As in they were shite movies?

Can we stop with these BS articles 🙄 😒 A number of films have failed to hit $50 million or reach $100 million. We don't even know what the second week hold will be🙄 Also what does this box office say that wasn't said with No Way Home

Well Eternals wasn’t really that good tbhz…

I think you forgot a film in there

It's their own fault. 🤷 Shouldn't of dropped Johnny on hearsay. Especially on hearsay papers like the sun newspaper 🤔 who lie about everything.

Just won't bother seeing it...not after knowing they actually dropped Johnny Depp..what a waste of money to do that.

well karma is a bitch

Exactly what wbpictures warnerbros deserve for taking sides in a civil matter w/ a tabloid. Should have ceased working with both Depp and Heard or kept working with both. Instead they picked the party on audio admitting abuse. Good luck with the bed pooper. AmberHeardIsALiar

Aquaman 2 is going to do worse 😅

Should not have fire Johnny Depp

Go woke by believing AmberTurd w/no facts & fire a great actor that played an unreplaceable part. Uh, yeah, ya might go broke, by not making enough $$ to clear red. Glad it's tanking, I won't pay to watch it. AmberHeardIsALiar AmberHeardlsAnAbuser JusticeForJohnnyDepp

You need Johnny depp

Well should listen to their customers AmberHeardIsAPsycopath JohnnyDeppDeservesJustice IStandWithJohnnyDepp WebelieveJohnny JusticeForJohnnyDeppVirginia2022 JusticeForJohnnyDepp AmberHeardIsAnAbuser AmberHeardIsALiar

Oh no, if it isn’t the the consequence of our own actions -WB

Did you notice there is a reason behind all of this? boycottfantasticbeasts

Should have believed Johnny Depp and not forced him to resign. He was clearly the draw, and one of the most enjoyable parts of FB2. Plus consistency always helps people return. Lesson learned I hope.

Shouldn’t have fired a victim of domestic violence maybe you you would have made more money. I won’t be seeing this movie.

Honestly expected it to fail. Between the Johnny Depp removal, Ezra Miller drama, and the issues with JK Rowling there were lots of reasons for people to not want to see it

theofficialmads is waaaaay better! Johnny Depp is over-rated, especially with this madness going on. warnerbros Disney JUST COME OUT WITH A STATEMENT! We ALL KNOW HE GOT SACKED AFTER THE UK TRIAL AND BEFORE HER OPED!! You can end the madness and set the record straight!!

Just bought myself some fragrances from Dior JusticeForJohnnyDepp AmberHeardlsALiar amberheardisapsychopath AmberHeardIsAnAbuser

Hmm 🤔 wonder why JusticeForJohnnyDepp

That's what they get! Shame on WB!

JusticeForJohnnyDepp

I won’t go see it. They blew it when they fired JD.

Don't mind me, just tuning up the world's smallest violin. JusticeForJohnnyDepp

WB deserve it

Johnny Depp collaborated with Dior & their aftershave Sauvage outsold a perfume for the 1st time ever.Sauvage was the top seller in the world! Fantastic beasts got rid of the Fantastic Johnny Depp & lost their Fantastic status. All they were left with were Beasts. JohnnyDepp

While visually stunning, the last two felt like they wrote the movies as they went along. Dropping JD didn’t help.

and the next movie to flop is Aquaman *Johnny Depp's voice* JusticeForJohnnyDepp AmberTurd

Heavens No🤔We all just can't imagine how that could happen? NOT! YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE WHEN YOU REMOVE THE STAR😱

JusticeForJohnnyDepp

I suspect any other consecutive films will tank as well as any films containing Amber Heard and it's Warner Bros own fault. They were forewarned. JohnnyDeppIsMyGrindelwald JusticeForJohnnyDepp AquamanAndTheLostAudience FireAmberHeard AmberHeardIsALiar JohnnyDeppIsInnocent

I watched FB3, and I'd be honest that I was disappointed with the actor that played Grindelwald. I watched FB3 since I am an HP, Dumbledore and Jude Law fan, but somethings different, as if it lacks something. If Johnny was retained in FB 3, it would have been perfect.

Karma

There it is. It is because they fired a victim of domestic abuse while keeping the abuser.

This is what happens when Hollywood convicts an actor and sentences him without hearing his side. BIG MISTAKE….HUGE!💸

JusticeForJohhnyDepp

It breaks my heart how WB has ruined the franchise

Maybe they should have kept Johnny depp in the movie.

and this is what happens when you fire the one who MADE the series. Guess its something called KARMA. Shouldnt have fired JohnnyDepp over False Allegations.

Seems warnerbros was shown what people really think of them kicking JD and allowing AH, a abuser to stay in their movies. This is just the first one many. WE don't need YOU, YOU however NEED US! Never forget that! Disney is about to find this out as well woth P6

JusticeForJohnnyDeep

Cough…Johnny Depp

fuck them for dropping johnny from the movie. shame on them.

Karma. JusticeForJohnny

We DID try to tell you...

Hell no, we won't go.

Serves warnerbros right.

JusticeForJohnnyDepp

If they just kept Johnny Depp - that wouldn't be a problem!

Who cares. Thank god they replaced wife beater depp though.

This is the most good news....next time think about cancel Johnny....

Beautiful

That’s why you shouldn’t drop the Depp!

That's what happens when you fire an abuse survivor.

Not watching JusticeForJohnny JusticeForJohnnyDepp

Good. Just cancel the franchise. This is trash after what WBHomeEnt and its double standard did to Johnny Depp. JusticeForJohnny

Bcoz if u put a good person down, Karma will hit u hard😉 Go on Apologize....

JusticeForJohnnydepp people didn’t watch it because of what they did to Johnny Depp

YOU NEED JOHNNY DEPP

Hay un estudio q está pensando en dónde y a quien comprarle las mil llamas y el dinero a deep para q vuelva...🫣🤫

Not the same without

Bruh, that's terrible news. Maybe this alleged Aquaman2 scene will help float your boat, wbpictures wbd. JusticeForJohnnyDepp

The power of the Depp fandom You can't knock down a great actor & even better human being without consequences wbpictures

Because JohnnyDeppIsMyGrindelwald JusticeForJohnnyDepp

This movie was just doomed to fail. No JD, JKs issues, keeping EM, covid killing the cinema. Doomed.

Karma finds a way. They will see when their movies flop without Johnny. Aquaman 2 will flop as well 🤣

guess that's what happens when you get rid of a master actor that made the character his own...oh well!!!JohnnyDeppIsMyGrindelwald JusticeForJohnnyDeppVirginia2022

ohhh che dispiacere 🥰

Sucks for them. Lol

Probably because johndepp isn’t in it waiting for the same to happen to PiratesoftheCaribbean6 🤣

That's for unjustly removing johnnydepp .. we told ya

🤣🤣🤣

Hey Variety, imagine the box office for this movie had they not fired Johnny cos all of you in the media demanded they should, considering how much the public is on his side? Oops WB. Mega oops.

Awww. Poor babies 😂😂😂 better buckle up cause it’s about to be even a bigger loss with Aquaman 2

You know, maybe firing Johnny was a mistake

Still did too well imo should've got less

Isn't that too bad... Not!!! JohnnyDeppIsMyGrindelwald

It's called the Johnny Depp effect 🤷🏻‍♀️

🎞it'll cost $150+- to treat a date to a movie‼ 🚘⛽ $25 IMAX Soda $8 Candy🍫ice🍦cream $6 popcorn🍿Hot dog🌭,fries🍟,nachos…$10-$12 🍺🍹🍸🍷$.⁉ Runtime:2hrs+🕝 👀👓No phone📴📵 drink or no?🚱🚰 And you'll Miss 10 Minutes of the film 😥🚶🏃🚻🚽⛲💩

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