{"id":381264,"date":"2025-11-15T18:30:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T18:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/381264\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T18:30:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T18:30:15","slug":"now-you-see-me-3-opening-day-ahead-of-running-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/381264\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Now You See Me 3’ Opening Day Ahead of ‘Running Man’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe \u201cNow You See Me\u201d franchise\u2019s reappearing act is landing on the top of box office charts, debuting ahead of the weekend\u2019s other new releases \u201cThe Running Man<\/a>\u201d and \u201cKeeper.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLionsgate\u2019s \u201cNow You See Me: Now You Don\u2019t\u201d heisted $8.4 million across Friday and preview screenings from 3,403 locations. The PG-13-rated threequel is looking at a three-day opening between $21 million and $24 million \u2014 about in line with pre-weekend projections and in the ballpark <\/strong>of the prior 2016 entry, which opened to $22 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tCritics turned in mediocre marks for \u201cNow You Don\u2019t,\u201d but it is the best-reviewed of the trilogy. Meanwhile, audiences lean positive at a \u201cB+\u201d grade from moviegoer pollster Cinema Score (though lower than the \u201cA-\u201d grades for both prior entries). Lionsgate shelled out north of $90 million to revive the franchise, which is directed by Ruben Fleischer and sees Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave Franco return as a quartet of Robin Hood-like illusionists. Both prior entries scored a majority of their grosses overseas and, notably, Lionsgate typically sells off international rights to limit its financial exposure, at the cost of capping upside.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, Paramount\u2019s \u201cThe Running Man\u201d starring Glen Powell will have to vie for second place against the sophomore weekend of \u201cPredator: Badlands<\/a>\u201d (funnily, another stab at resurrecting a property that was first introduced to moviegoers via an Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle in the \u201980s.) The R-rated \u201cRunning Man\u201d racked up $6.4 million across Friday and preview screenings from 3,534 locations. That puts the film on track to land behind projections for a debut north of $20 million, now forecast for the $17 million to $19 million range.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s an inauspicious kick-off for the Stephen King adaptation, which carries a hefty $110 million production budget co-financed by Domain Entertainment. Reviews have been lukewarm, though audiences are kinder at a B+ grade from Cinema Score. But with a crowded November slate ahead, including \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d and \u201cZootopia 2,\u201d \u201cThe Running Man\u201d likely could\u2019ve used some much stronger initial buzz to propel it through the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso opening this weekend, Neon\u2019s \u201cKeeper,\u201d the latest indie horror effort from writer-director Osgood Perkins, earned about $1 million from 1,950 locations across Friday and previews. It\u2019s headed for a fifth-place debut. The opening doesn\u2019t compare to the last two Perkins efforts \u2014 last year\u2019s summer breakout \u201cLonglegs\u201d ($22 million) and this past spring\u2019s \u201cThe Monkey\u201d ($14 million). Reviews are worse than those last two movies too, and Cinema Score turned in a dismal \u201cD+\u201d grade.<\/p>\n

\n\tDisney\u2019s \u201cPredator: Badlands\u201d earned $3.5 million on its second Friday, down 68% from its opening day total a week ago. The science-fiction sequel\u2019s domestic gross is now at $56 million and looks to go north of $66 million through Sunday. It\u2019s gunning to pass \u201cAlien vs. Predator,\u201d which, though a crossover, is the biggest domestic box office hit ever for the franchise with $80.2 million in North America.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cRegretting You\u201d will round out the top five, earning $1.2 million on Friday and projecting a 39% drop for a $4 million fourth weekend and another strong hold. Paramount\u2019s release of the Colleen Hoover adaptation will hit a domestic total of $45 million through Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u201cNow You See Me\u201d franchise\u2019s reappearing act is landing on the top of box office charts, debuting…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":381265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[171,172768,61444,12759,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-381264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-now-you-see-me-now-you-dont","10":"tag-predator-badlands","11":"tag-the-running-man","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115555141293933221","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}