{"id":2102243,"date":"2025-10-19T18:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2102243"},"modified":"2025-10-19T18:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:22:10","slug":"box-office-black-phone-2-collects-42-million-globally-tron-ares-hits-100-million-but-struggling-against-big-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/box-office-black-phone-2-collects-42-million-globally-tron-ares-hits-100-million-but-struggling-against-big-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office: \u2018Black Phone 2\u2019 Collects $42 Million Globally, \u2018Tron: Ares\u2019 Hits $100 Million But Struggling Against Big Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt29644189\/\">Black Phone 2<\/a>,\u201d a sequel to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0784875\/\">Universal<\/a> and Blumhouse\u2019s 2022 hit slasher film, scared up $42 million at the global box office in its first weekend of release.<\/p>\n<p>Those ticket sales included a softer $15.5 million from 71 international territories as well as a leading $26.5 million in the United States and Canada. Top overseas openings were Mexico with $4.3 million, the United Kingdom and Ireland with $1.4 million and Brazil with $1.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0220600\/\">Scott Derrickson<\/a>, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt29644189\/\">The Black Phone 2<\/a>\u201d follows the return of the deranged serial killer known as the Grabber (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000160\/\">Ethan Hawke<\/a>). Initial ticket sales for the second film were slightly ahead of its predecessor, which launched to $13 million overseas and $35.8 million worldwide in 2022. The first \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt7144666\/\">Black Phone<\/a>,\u201d which cost $18 million, became a sleeper hit with $161 million globally. The sequel, which carries a larger $30 million price tag, shouldn\u2019t have trouble justifying its budget. However it needs to stick around on the big&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBlack Phone 2,\u201d a sequel to Universal and Blumhouse\u2019s 2022 hit slasher film, scared up $42 million at the global box office in its first weekend of release. Those ticket sales included a softer $15.5 million from 71 international territories as well as a leading $26.5 million in the United States and Canada. 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