Practical Magic 2 conjured up a win over the unstoppable Spider-Man: Brand New Day as the box office had a sleepier weekend overall amid its shift to fall.
Earning a B+ CinemaScore from audiences, Practical Magic 2 opened to around $30 million domestically for the weekend, hitting the low end of Warner Bros.’ projected range.
Director Susanne Bier’s sequel launched in over 4,000 North American locations and carries a $75 million production budget.Internationally, the movie added $16 million from 77 overseas markets.
Overall, the domestic weekend stands at roughly $86 million cumulatively, according to Rentrak, putting it around 43 percent below the comparable weekend from 2025, when Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle debuted to a stunning $70.6 million.
This weekend’s box office is down 9 percent from the previous frame, while the year-to-date total for 2026 stands at $7.5 billion after a hot summer, marking a 19 percent improvement over this point last year.
For Practical Magic 2, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman reprise their roles as the Owens sisters from the 1998 original that topped out at $46 million domestically for its initial run.
Adapting the work of author Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic 2 focuses on witches Sally (Bullock) and Gillian (Kidman) as they look to end the curse that has prevented their family members from finding love.Joey King, Maisie Williams and Lee Pace round out the cast for the co-production between Warner Bros.and Alcon Entertainment that hails from Di Novi Pictures, Fortis Films and Blossom Films.
The sequel has had trouble working its magic on critics, as it holds a 39 percent approval rating from reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes, which is a bit better than the score of 29 for the original.
The new one has a 92 percent audience score.In her review for The Hollywood Reporter, critic Angie Han wrote that Practical Magic 2 “works better the less you look for any sense of logic, and the more you just lean into the transient joys of watching these [two] actresses bounce off each other.”
Owen Wilson and Alan Ritchson in Runner.
Angel Studios
Bullock’s most recent lead theatrical role came with Paramount’s original action-comedy The Lost City, opposite Channing Tatum.
Hitting theaters in March 2022, that movie opened to $30.5 million domestically before ending its run with $192 million globally.
This marks the first frame without Spider-Man: Brand New Day in the top spot since its July 31 release, as the Tom Holland film has led the domestic box office for the past six weekends.
Filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton’s blockbuster is expected to gross around $8.4 million for the weekend to take second place, bringing its domestic cume to $935.171 million.This puts it just shy of taking the top spot on the all-time domestic chart, as it remains behind the $936.6 million domestic total for 2015’s Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens.
Taking third place for the weekend is Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, which is heading for around $7.4 million.
The Universal Pictures title brings its domestic total to $600.5 million in its ninth frame.It also becomes the studio’s highest-grossing global release ever, besting 2015’s Jurassic World.
In fourth place is Angel Studios’ Runner, as director Scott Waugh’s action-comedy debuted with a frame of around $6.4 million.
Earning an A- CinemaScore, the film stars Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson and centers on an organ delivery gone wrong.
Runner played in over 2,500 North American theaters and has a 71 percent approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
One critic, Frank Scheck from The Hollywood Reporter, said it "doesn't get boring for a second but has trouble managing its different tones."
Andrew Garfield stars in The Uprising.
Focus Features
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Acme is in fifth place this weekend with about $6.2 million earned from domestic audiences.Ketchup Entertainment's revived Looney Tunes movie keeps doing well and is expected to make around $47.8 million after three weeks.
Andrew Garfield's historical action movie The Uprising had a rough opening.
Paul Greengrass' film made an estimated $3.25 million from more than 2,000 theaters in North America after Focus Features bought the domestic rights for less than $12 million.The Uprising has a 53 percent critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes.Scheck said it's "well-made and acted, but exhausting."
Na Hong-jin's monster movie Hope opened in 1,500 North American theaters through Neon, earning an estimated $3.3 million domestically this weekend.
Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, and Hoyeon star in the South Korean film.THR's chief film critic, David Rooney, praised it for "expert camera work, a heart-pounding score, fast-paced action, and well-developed characters."
Music documentary Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger opened with $1.4 million from 1,225 North American locations for Disney.
