General moviegoers have been largely receptive to DoctorStrange, bestowing a “B+” CinemaScore rating to the film. Even so, that’s on the lower end for a typical MCU entry, so it remains to be seen how word-of-mouth impacts the film’s legs moving forward.
” grossed a sum north of $90 million on Friday, putting the superhero sequel on the path to becoming the biggest domestic opening of 2022 so far., which pegged the second “Strange” with a final total of $160 million to $180 million for its first weekend. Current projections indicate that the film could land a tally higher than $200 million once all the numbers are finalized after Sunday.
When all the numbers are tallied, it looks like “Multiverse of Madness” will land a domestic opening more than twice as high as the original 2016 “Doctor Strange,” which bowed to $85 million. The predecessor topped out at $232.6 million domestic, which the sequel looks to blast past in under a week. That giant uptick demonstrates the goodwill Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sorcerer Supreme earned from audiences by showing up in two “Avengers” movies and “Spider-Man: No Way Home” in the years in between.
With Marvel Studios back in town, the rest of the box office was forced to fend for scraps. Universal’s “The Bad Guys” looks to take second with a projected gross of $10.3 million for its third weekend. The DreamWorks Animation movie should expand its domestic total to $58 million through Sunday. Fourth and fifth place will be determined by a tight race between Warner Bros.’ “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” and A24’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
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