Box Office: ‘Now You See Me 3’ Captures First Place With $21.3 Million, ‘Running Man’ Stumbles With $17 Million Debut

“Now You See Me: Now You Don’t” pulled off a nifty magic trick, besting Glen Powell’s big-budget action-thriller, “The Running Man,” and the second weekend of “Predator: Badlands,” the critically adored reboot of the long-running monster franchise.

The third “Now You See Me Film” picked up $21.3 million over the weekend, a solid result for a series that hasn’t had a new entry since 2016. The film also grossed $54.2 million across 64 international territories this weekend for a worldwide total of $75.5 million. It’s good news for Lionsgate, the studio behind the $90 million illusionist adventure, which has failed to materialize many hits in recent months (the list of duds includes “Ballerina” and “Good Fortune”). It may signal a shift in the studio’s fortunes, with “The Housemaid,” an adaptation of Freida McFadden’s best-selling potboiler hitting theaters in December, and “Michael,” a biopic of Michael Jackson, and “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,…