'Practical Magic 2' Conjures Up $13 Million on Friday
Key Points:
- "Practical Magic 2," starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, debuted at No. 1 with $13 million on Friday and is projected to earn around $30 million over the weekend, ending the six-week No. 1 streak of "Spider-Man: Brand New Day."
- The sequel continues the story 25 years later, focusing on Sally Owens' daughters dealing with their family curse, and features returning cast members Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing alongside new stars Maisie Williams and Joey King.
- Other new releases include "The Uprising," a historical drama by Paul Greengrass, which opened in ninth place with $1.38 million on Friday, and "Runner," an action film starring Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson, which took second place with $2.5 million.
- "Spider-Man: Brand New Day," now in its seventh weekend, fell to fourth place but is close to breaking the all-time domestic box office record with a projected weekend total pushing its domestic gross to $935.27 million.
- "Coyote vs. Acme," a Looney Tunes comedy, ranked fifth with an estimated $1.4 million on Friday and is expected to reach $6.3 million over the weekend, bringing its domestic total to $47.8 million after three weekends.