Will ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Dethrone ‘John Wick 4’ at Box Office?

(Variety) As it rolls the office, which has fielded dice at the weekend box opening weekend franchise office, “Dungeons & records for “Scream,” Dragons: Honor Among “Creed” and “John Wick.” Thieves”isaimingtoemerge But the month hasn’t been victorious over last weekend’s champion “John “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” Wick:Chapter4.” crashed and burned with $46

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It’ll be a close race for first John Francis Daley (“Game place between that and the Night”) directed the PG-13 fourth “John Wick,” which “Dungeons and Dragons,” topped the box office with which centers on a charming $73.5 million and looks to thief (Chris Pine) and a band add about $36 million in its of unlikely adventurers sophomoreouting. mouth hit. Inaugural ticket gaming adaptations were at (Michelle Rodriguez and I n t e r n a t i o n a l l y, buyers may be hardcore one time synonymous with Regé-Jean Page among “Dungeons & Dragons” is D&D players, but it’s box office failures. But the them)whoundertakeanepic opening in 58 markets, expected to appeal to genre has experienced a heist to retrieve a lost relic. where it’s aiming for $25 broader audiences, who may turnaround as of late But their mission goes millionormore. not know much about the Paramount’s “Sonic the dangerouslyawrywhenthey

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