by Nathaniel R
To no one's surprise Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness dominated the box office for a second weekend and has already grossed nearly $300 million domestically, making it the second most popular release of the year thus far after The Batman (which it will definitely overtake since the latter weirdly truncated its own run by moving to streaming while it was still doing well in theaters). More after the jump...
| Weekend Box Office May 13th-15th 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = Recommended links if we've written about it |
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| WIDE (OVER 800 SCREENS) | PLATFORM RELEASES |
 MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS |
 HAPPENING |
| 1 DOCTOR STRANGE IN... $61.7 (cum. $292.6) |
1 THE DUKE $239k (cum. $1) |
| 2 THE BAD GUYS $7 (cum. $66.4) | 2 ★ PETITE MAMAN $111k (cum. $580k) |
| 3 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 $4.6 (cum. $175.8) |
3 🔺★ HAPPENING $61k (cum. $102k) |
| 4 🔺 FIRESTARTER $3.8 *NEW* | 4 Y COMO ES EL? $45k (cum. $1.3) |
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5 ★ EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE $3.3 (cum. $47.1) |
5 🔺★ ON THE COUNT OF THREE $36k *NEW* |
| 6 FANTASTIC BEASTS 3 $2.5 (cum. $90.1) |
6 🔺 MONTANA STORY $17k *NEW* |
| 7 ★ THE NORTHMAN $1.7 (cum. $31.2) |
7 🔺★ PLEASURE $16k *NEW* |
| 8 ★ THE LOST CITY $1.6 (cum. $97.1) |
8 🔺 THE INNOCENTS $12k *NEW* |
| 9 🔺 FAMILY CAMP $1.3 *NEW* | 9 HIT THE ROAD $11k (cum. $91k) |
| 10 UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT $1 (cum. $18.2) | 10 ★ FIREBIRD $11k (cum. $127k) |
In limited release the excellent french film Happening (read our interview with the director and star) added 184 theaters but the highest per screen averages at the arthouses went to the porn drama Pleasure (albeit only on two screens.
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE just passed Hereditary to become A24's third biggest hit and it will pass by Lady Bird this coming week. Only Uncut Gems' $50 million will be left to defeat. Can it do it?
What have you been watching? Having mostly caught up with new theatrical releases we've been cramming in Emmy contenders with episodes of Staircase, A Very English Scandal, Severance, I Love That For You, Hacks, and Under the Banner of Heaven.