DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS Suffers Second Weekend Drop But Still Eyes $65 Million Weekend

DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS Suffers Second Weekend Drop But Still Eyes $65 Million Weekend

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has delivered a decent second weekend at the domestic box office, but a noteworthy decline suggests that word of mouth for the sequel isn't particularly strong.

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By JoshWilding - May 15, 2022 08:05 AM EST
Source: Deadline

UPDATE: Here are the latest numbers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness:
 


Original story follows.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will remain at #1 during its second weekend of release with an estimated $60 million - $65 million. The sequel suffered a significant drop on Friday with a disappointing $16.7 million, but is expected to bounce back over the weekend for a decline akin to movies like Spider-Man: No Way Home (67.5%) and Black Widow (67.8%).

So, what's going on with the Doctor Strange sequel? Like Spider-Man: No Way Home, it drastically exceeded expectations both during its opening weekend and on Monday and Tuesday. As a result, those who wanted to see the movie as soon as it came out probably have by this point. 

However, it's also worth noting that Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness hasn't received the warmest response from moviegoers. It has a higher Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes than Eternals, but the consensus appears to be that the horror elements were a turn-off for some, while others expected more from a movie with a title like this after what we saw in No Way Home.

Deadline's Anthony D'Alessandro notes that, "I was told by one distribution source that when a movie keeps missing its projection calculations during the course of a weekend...that’s because bad of word of mouth is sinking in." That makes sense, because while the Illuminati delivered some surprises, there was no Spider-Man, no Deadpool, no Tom Cruise as Iron Man...and no Mephisto! 

Still, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is delivering numbers that many studios can still only dream of and it's a definite hit for Marvel Studios. Whether it will hit the $1 billion mark globally remains to be seen, but we'll hopefully have updated international numbers for you soon.

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Watchingme
Watchingme - 5/15/2022, 8:08 AM
Not surprised this movie was danky ass miserable piece of shit. Half my theatre looked pissed. Waste of time.
Moriakum
Moriakum - 5/15/2022, 8:35 AM
@Randomusername -
Watchingme
Watchingme - 5/15/2022, 8:39 AM
@Moriakum - Yeah....it was a cool story. Unlike doctor strange
TheSuperMex
TheSuperMex - 5/15/2022, 8:48 AM
@Randomusername - sure they did.
theprophet
theprophet - 5/15/2022, 10:34 AM
Live look at @Randomusername when he's about to talk shit about doctor strange

Thing94
Thing94 - 5/15/2022, 10:44 AM
@Randomusername - Loved it. I'm glad it pissed some people off, lol.
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 5/15/2022, 1:00 PM
@theprophet - 😂
PantherKing
PantherKing - 5/15/2022, 8:13 AM
It’s graduation weekend so I’m not surprised
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 5/15/2022, 9:40 AM
@PantherKing - Word of mouth just isnt great, add to that all movie have massive second weekend drops since the pandemic started.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 5/15/2022, 10:00 AM
@TheHumanSpider2

“ all movie have massive second weekend drops since the pandemic started”

😐
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 5/15/2022, 8:19 AM
On my way to see it now, also my first ever IMAX experience ❤️
rychlec
rychlec - 5/15/2022, 8:23 AM
@SimplyAz - Enjoy, man!
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 5/15/2022, 9:40 AM
@SimplyAz - IMAX? this movie? brave soul, lol.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 5/15/2022, 1:31 PM
@SimplyAz - this is your first imax movie? What are you 12? Lol
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 5/15/2022, 1:40 PM
@bobevanz -

Piss off! 😂
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 5/15/2022, 1:43 PM
@rychlec
@TheHumanSpider2

I enjoyed it, had a good time.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 5/15/2022, 2:02 PM
@SimplyAz - Raimi's crazy camera movement on IMAX?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlJzSBCagRg

(minor spoiler for the movie)
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 5/15/2022, 2:08 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 -

There was one scene wear my stomach jumped a bit😂
rychlec
rychlec - 5/15/2022, 8:22 AM
I liked the hell out of it. But yeah, some tom Cruise Iron Man, a scene of Vision and Aaron Taylor Johnson's Quicksilver, a mention of Celestials and of course a shot of Mephisto would've upped the box office.
Auntievenom
Auntievenom - 5/15/2022, 9:25 AM
@rychlec - I agree. I dug it. I thought the first half was better than the second, but it was so different than other marvel films. So many people complain that all marvel movies are too similar. But this was different and really entertaining.

I can see people being pissed because they wanted more cameos and more multiverse battling, but I think too many cameos would have lessened the novelty of any cameos.

SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 5/15/2022, 10:17 AM
@rychlec - That's just a depressing point of view, in my opinion. If these movies are becoming unable to succeed on their own merits, than that just plays right into the "theme park" criticism.
rychlec
rychlec - 5/15/2022, 10:40 AM
@SerKurtWagner - Just the Tom cruise part. Vision and Pietro are and have been essential to Wanda's character and truly should have been part of the story. A Celestial reference just seemed necessary considering the implications at the end of Eternals. And Mephisto was just a little joke (though not really).
SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 5/15/2022, 2:38 PM
@rychlec - Adding Vision and Pietro would have derailed the movie too much into Wanda's plotline, IMO. It still needed to remain a Strange movie. Her focus was finding her kids, not her brother or husband. (Though putting Pietro and/or Vision on the Illuminati would have been a far more poignant scene than what we got.)
Origame
Origame - 5/15/2022, 8:26 AM
Makes sense. If you think about it, much of this movie didn't need to be a multiverse movie. By killing off the illuminati so soon it makes the concept that people were expecting down the toilet. If they had just made america chavez a character from the mcu, rewrote the illuminati as a group of rogue sorcerors formed by mordo, and have the story be about Wanda trying to unlock chavez's latent power to travel between dimensions, I think it'd be better received.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 5/15/2022, 9:27 AM
@Origame - I think what you said was why audiences were underwhelmed and gave it a b cinemascore. The marketing has mislead audiences into thinking it was going to be the next giant crossover or lead up to it when in actuality it was only a standalone Dr Strange sequel. Marvel still hasn't decided what they want to do with the multiverse concept or where the giant next battle of the saga is going to be.

DS2 just proves that all the upcoming films and D+ films are just going to be more standalone than a lead up to the next crossover film until Feige makes a decision of where the next 10 or 20 yrs of MCU film leads to.
Origame
Origame - 5/15/2022, 10:25 AM
@mastakilla39 - thats actually why my suggestion was to keep the basic plot but use the multiverse as little as possible. Maybe ultimately end with a set up of a legit multiversal movie for when they decide what they actually want to do with it. I don't even think my changes would effect the story itself that much.
Smoothcat
Smoothcat - 5/15/2022, 8:33 AM
Less than The Batman’s second Friday and it looks like it will make less than The Batman’s second Saturday as well. Interesting.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 5/15/2022, 8:41 AM
@Smoothcat - terrible legs. It may actually end up less than the Batman domestically, if it did worldwide that would be insane
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 5/15/2022, 9:18 AM
@Smoothcat - yeah the b cinemascore says it all. this weekend drop may be bigger than usual because audiences were underwhelmed in the 1st weekend. But It will definitely exceed Batman's box office though just for the fact that its going to be in theaters longer and it opened way bigger.
JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 5/15/2022, 9:28 AM
@Smoothcat @WalkingCuban -
Dr strange 2 is about to beat Batman’s whole entire domestic run, before the month is over with. Lol
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 5/15/2022, 9:41 AM
@Smoothcat - This is making more than The Batman (not saying The Batman did bad, btw, one of the biggest hits of the new era)
Kyos
Kyos - 5/15/2022, 8:43 AM
I've yet to root against an MCU movie, but this time I can't say I'm anywhere near invested enough to root for it either. Probably the biggest disparity between my expectations for and my actual feelings towards an MCU movie yet.
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 5/15/2022, 9:29 AM
@Kyos - I concur wholeheartedly.

#2 most disappointing MCU film, only behind (or ahead of) Age of Ultron.
Quinn
Quinn - 5/16/2022, 3:12 AM
@Kyos - Best MCU film ever.
Kyos
Kyos - 5/16/2022, 4:12 AM
@Quinn - Glad you liked it. 😊👍🏻
TheOtherOn
TheOtherOn - 5/15/2022, 8:51 AM
There's hardly any re-watch factor in this movie. All the "shocking" scenes are always great when you watch first time but then it just wears off.

As usual the brainless illogical stuff doesn't help either, like the "chasing" scene that lasts for really long time when Scarlet Witch could easily use her powers to dismantle them but of course it's more "fun" to see all that powerful Witch running around chasing them like an idiotic moron on feet.

And then you have all these superheroes with their super powers but for whatever weird fetishy reason, they HAVE TO do hand to hand kungfu/karate fighting because .... Whatever!

Plenty of scenes that look great for first time viewing just don't have the same appeal 2nd/3rd time anymore.
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