‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ dethrones ‘John Wick 4’ and exceeds the most optimistic expectations at the box office (but it has a trick)

There were many doubts about the box office performance of ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’, but the great adventure film has managed to dethrone ‘John Wick 4’ and has also exceeded the expectations that were in it for its first weekend in theaters. Yes indeed, whether it will end up being a commercial success or failure is still up in the air.

Good data with an important drawback

The adaptation of the popular role-playing game has debuted in the United States with $38.5 millionmore than what was expected of her, since there were even doubts about the possibility that ‘John Wick 4’ would retain number 1. In the end, her victory has been indisputable, since the film starring Keanu Reeves it has added “only” an additional 28.2 million.

In the international market, it has also gone somewhat better than expected, since it has added 33 million dollars, which raises its debut to 71.5 million. It was expected to be around 65, so it’s still good news for Paramount, which has been showing clear support for ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ for some time, trusting that they had something special on their hands.

The problem facing the film is that it cost 150 million dollars, so it still has a long way to go, both to be profitable and to be able to become a franchise. Its good reviews and the good taste it has left in the public’s mouth play in its favor, but the imminent arrival of ‘Super Mario Bros: The Movie’ could do it a lot of harm.

Therefore, the performance at the box office of ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor among thieves’ during the next week is going to be especially decisive. It will be then when it begins to become clearer if the film directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley It succeeds or fails at the box office. For my part, I hope that this is the case and that we do not find ourselves before another case like that of ‘Power Rangers’, who faced a similar situation but ended up sinking.

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