Doctor Strange 2 Takes A Big Tumble At The Box Office In Second Weekend

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ended Sunday atop the domestic box office for a second straight weekend. The brand-new Marvel Studios film had a tremendous amount to rave about throughout its debut, but its second-weekend numbers failed to maintain the momentum, as ticket sales dropped 67% for the Doctor Strange sequel.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness opened with a resounding bang during its premiere weekend, generating $187 million, which placed the Marvel Studios project ahead of Warner Bros.' The Batman for the best debut-weekend performance of the year. Internationally, Multiverse of Madness earned $265 million, bringing its global total to an impressive $450 million. With few new releases hitting theaters this weekend, there was no doubt the project would maintain its top box office position, but the diminished ticket sales speak volumes.

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Per Deadline, theDoctor Strange sequel ended Friday with a $16.7 million domestic total. The film's Saturday performance was significantly better, ending the night with a substantial $26.5 million total, but numbers dipped by the close of Sunday, bringing the film's overall second weekend total to $61 million. Of course, second-weekend ticket sale drops are not foreign, especially for a film that busted down the box office doors so aggressively with its impressive premiere, but the 67% decline is surprising because of where it sits among recent Marvel Studios films.

Marvel Studios' Eternals experienced a 61% drop in tickets sales at the end of its second weekend, while Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings encountered a 52% decline. On the surface it would appear troubling,