Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock in “Practical Magic 2.”
Warner Bros. Pictures
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are delivering a one-two punch to knock Spider-Man: Brand New Day off the top of the domestic box office in its opening frame after the superhero blockbuster spent six weekends at No. 1.
Bullock and Kidman are back as sister witches Sally and Gillian Owens in Practical Magic 2, reprising their roles from the original cult classic from 1998.
Practical Magic 2 got off to a solid start with its Thursday preview screenings, earning $4.7 million from 3,200 North American theaters.
Taking the preview numbers into account, Deadline is projecting that Practical Magic will earn $12.5 million on Friday and $30 million through Sunday from 4,146 North American theaters. The Warner Bros. release had a $75 million production budget before marketing costs, according to Variety.
The $30 million projection by Deadline comes in at the low end of that trade publication and Variety’s pre-release projections, which each pegged a $30 million to $40 million opening. Box Office Pro cast a wider net with a $40 million to $50 million pre-release projection for the Practical Magic sequel, while Box Office Theory forecast a $31 million to $43 million opening.
Even at $30 million, Practical Magic 2 will be making more than enough to knock Spider-Man: Brand New Day off the top of the domestic box office perch, a spot it’s held since it opened in theaters on July 31.
Tom Holland in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.”
Sony Pictures Entertainment/Columbia Pictures
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Likely Won’t Set The New Domestic Box Office Record Until Early Next Week
While Spider-Man: Brand New Day is dropping from the top spot at the domestic box office, the Sony Pictures Entertainment release is still poised to become the highest-grossing film of all time at the domestic box office — just not this weekend.
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, holds the current record at $936.6 million. However, Deadline noted that Tom Holland’s fourth Spidey solo film is looking at a take of $8.3 million from 3,303 North American theaters through Sunday — which would boost the film’s stateside total to $935 million, $1.6 million shy of tying The Force Awakens.
As such, Spider-Man: Brand New Day may have to wait until Monday or Tuesday to finally break the Star Wars movie’s record.
Deadline projects that Universal Picture’s Christopher Nolan epic The Odyssey will finish at No. 3 this weekend with an estimated take of $8.1 million, and Ketchup Entertainment’s live-action and animated hybrid Coyote vs. Acme is pegged for a fourth-place finish with $5.8 million.
The trade publication also projects Angel Studios’ action comedy Runner — starring Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson — will open at No. 5 with a projected take of $5.4 million from 1,560 North American Theaters.
Note: This box office report will be updated throughout the weekend. The final numbers for this weekend’s domestic box office will be released on Monday.
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