Box Office: April 15-17, 2022: FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2, THE LOST CITY, & More

Box Office: April 15-17, 2022

The theatrical movie box office results for April 15, 2022 through April 17, 2022 have been released.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore premiered in the Number One spot at the box office in the United States over the weekend with $43 Million.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was Second at the box office with $30 Million for $119.6 million so far. Worldwide, the film has made $189.4 Million.

The Lost City was Third at the United States box office with $6.5 Million.

Everything Everywhere All At Once was Fourth at the box office over the weekend with $6.1 Million.

Father Stu premiered in Fifth Place at the box office over the weekend with $5.7 Million.

These films: Morbius, Ambulance, The Batman, Uncharted, and Spider-Man: No Way Home rounded out the Top Ten respectively.

The films in the Top Ten that opened this weekend at the box office:

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is a 2022 fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by J. K. Rowling and Steve Kloves. It is the sequel to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), the third instalment in the Fantastic Beasts film series, and the eleventh overall in the Wizarding World franchise. Its ensemble cast includes Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Callum Turner, Jessica Williams, Katherine Waterston, and Mads Mikkelsen. Set several years after the events of its predecessor, the film sees Albus Dumbledore tasking Newt Scamander and his allies with a mission that takes them into the heart of dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald’s army.

Father Stu is a 2022 American biographical drama film written and directed by Rosalind Ross. It is based on the true-life story of boxer-turned-priest Stuart Long. It is also Ross’s feature directorial debut. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, who also serves as a producer of the film. Colleen Camp serves as one of the executive producers of the film.

Next week sees the release of: The Bad Guys, The Northman, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, and a plethora of other films. Find my predictions on these releases in the weekly The Bottom Line column. A preview: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore will be Number One at the box office for the second week in a row.

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