Practical Magic 2 Opens No. 1 at Box Office, Ending Spider-Man Streak

Key Points:

• Practical Magic 2, directed by Susanne Bier and starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, grossed $13 million on Friday and is projected to open around $30 million, slightly below Warner Bros.' $30-35 million forecast.
• The sequel, with a $75 million budget, has a 36% critic approval on Rotten Tomatoes but a strong 93% audience score, continuing the story of the Owens sisters trying to break a family curse.
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day, after six weekends at number one, is expected to finish second this weekend with $8.5 million, nearing $935 million domestically and closing in on the all-time record held by Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
• Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is projected to earn $8.1 million this weekend, bringing its domestic total to $601.2 million and becoming Universal Pictures’ highest-grossing global release ever.
• New releases include Runner, debuting with an estimated $6 million and an A- CinemaScore, and The Uprising, which had a modest start with $1.3 million on Friday and a projected $3.1 million for the weekend.