Box Office Battle: ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ opens $38.5M in North America

"John Wick: Chapter 4" fell to number 2 with another $28.2M

"Box Office Battle" is The Fly’s weekly roundup of what movies topped the weekend’s box office.

Paramount’s (PARA) “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” opened to $38.5M at the domestic box office, topping the chart. The movie has an earned an A- CinemaScore from audiences. Overseas, “Dungeons & Dragons” debuted to $33M for a global start of $71.5M.

BOX OFFICE RUNNER-UPS: Lionsgate’s (LGF.B) “John Wick: Chapter 4” fell to number 2 with $28.2M for a domestic cume of $122.9M. Behind it was Paramount’s “Scream VI” with another $5.3M for a domestic tally of $98.2M. “His Only Son” placed number 4 with just under $5.3M. Rounding out the top five, MGM (AMZN) and Michael B. Jordan’s “Creed III” grossed an estimated $5M for a domestic tally of $148.6M.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:

1. “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” – $38.5M
2. “John Wick: Chapter 4” – $28.2M
3. “Scream VI” – $5.3M
4. “His Only Son” – $5.3M
5. “Creed III” – $5M

Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include Warner Bros. (WBD), Sony’s (SONY), Comcast (CMCSA) and Disney (DIS).

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