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It\u2019s no magic trick: The third installment in the thieving magician \u201cNow You See Me\u201d series beat the high-profile action pic \u201cThe Running Man\u201d at the North American box office this weekend. Lionsgate\u2019s \u201cNow You See Me: Now You Don\u2019t\u201d pulled in $21.3 million, while Paramount\u2019s \u201cThe Running Man\u201d made $17 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow You See Me: Now You Don\u2019t,\u201d which cost a reported $90 million to produce, comes almost 10 years after the second film. Including ticket sales from 64 international territories, its worldwide opening is estimated to be around $75.5 million. Going into the weekend, it was expected to be a closer race between the two newcomers.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, I didn\u2019t see us being number one for the weekend about 10 days ago,\u201d Kevin Grayson, the president of worldwide distribution for Lionsgate’s motion picture group, said Sunday. \u201cBut as we started to get closer and ticket sale numbers started to pop, we saw that there was going to be a horse race. Then we pulled away Saturday morning.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grayson said it’s a testament not only to the franchise but the marketing and publicity strategies which, \u201creally helped us get into a position where we now can play all the way through the holiday corridor.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first two movies in the \u201cNow You See Me\u201d series, released in 2013 and 2016, earned over $686 million worldwide. This installment, directed by Ruben Fleischer, sees the return of the original \u201cFour Horsemen,\u201d Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave Franco, and introduces three younger magicians into the mix: Dominic Sessa, Ariana Greenblatt and Justice Smith. A fourth film is already in the works.<\/p>\n
Reviews were mixed on Rotten Tomatoes, coming in at 59%. According to PostTrak polling, audiences were a bit more positive, with 63% saying they would definitely recommend.<\/p>\n
Audience scores were slightly less for \u201cThe Running Man,\u201d which had a 58% \u201cdefinitely recommend.\u201d Both earned a B+ CinemaScore, but more people chose the franchise. One key difference is that women made up more of the \u201cNow You See Me\u201d audience (54%). They only accounted for 37% of \u201cThe Running Man\u201d ticket buyers.<\/p>\n
Edgar Wright directed and co-wrote \u201cThe Running Man,\u201d the second adaptation of Stephen King\u2019s novel, first published in 1982. The first film starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and was released in 1987 to mixed reviews and a tepid box office, earning only $38 million against a $27 million budget. The new version stars Glen Powell, who has had a good track record starring in box office hits, from the romantic comedy \u201cAnyone But You\u201d to \u201cTwisters.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paramount Pictures released \u201cThe Running Man\u201d in 3,400 domestic locations and 58 international markets. Worldwide, it earned $28.2 million against a reported $110 million budget.<\/p>\n
The weekend\u2019s other new opener, \u201cKeeper,\u201d the third feature from \u201cLonglegs\u201d filmmaker Oz Perkins, cratered with $2.5 million and a D+ CinemaScore. But as an acquisition title for Neon, it\u2019s also not a disaster.<\/p>\n
Third place went to \u201cPredator: Badlands\u201d with $13 million in its second weekend, followed by \u201cRegretting You\u201d in fourth with $4 million. \u201cBlack Phone 2\u201d rounded out the top five with $2.7 million, bringing its domestic total to $74.7 million after five weeks in theaters.<\/p>\n
In anticipation of the big budget musical \u201cWicked: For Good,\u201d which opens next week, Universal Pictures put \u201cWicked\u201d back in 2,195 theaters, where it made $1.2 million \u2014 barely missing a spot in the top 10.<\/p>\n
The box office should pick up considerably when \u201cWicked 2\u201d blows into theaters, followed by \u201cZootopia 2\u201d before the Thanksgiving holiday. Comscore’s Paul Dergarabedian said it could be one of the highest grossing five-day Thanksgiving frames of all time.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter a terrible October, the lowest grossing in decades, it\u2019s just warming up,\u201d Dergarabedian said. \u201cIt\u2019s never too late to get the momentum moving in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n
With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:<\/p>\n 1. \u201cNow You See Me: Now You Don’t,\u201d $21.3 million.<\/p>\n 2. \u201cThe Running Man,\u201d $17 million.<\/p>\n 3. \u201cPredator: Badlands,\u201d $13 million.<\/p>\n 4. \u201cRegretting You,\u201d $4 million.<\/p>\n 5. \u201cBlack Phone 2,\u201d $2.7 million.<\/p>\n 6. \u201cNuremberg,\u201d $2.6 million.<\/p>\n 7. \u201cKeeper,\u201d $2.5 million.<\/p>\n 8. \u201cSarah’s Oil,\u201d $2.3 million.<\/p>\n 9. \u201cBugonia” and “Chainsaw Man \u2013 The Movie: Reze Arc”,” (tie) $1.6 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source spectrumlocalnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s no magic trick: The third installment in the thieving magician \u201cNow You See Me\u201d series beat the high-profile action pic \u201cThe Running Man\u201d at the North American box office this weekend. Lionsgate\u2019s \u201cNow You See Me: Now You Don\u2019t\u201d pulled in $21.3 million, while Paramount\u2019s \u201cThe Running Man\u201d made $17 million, according to studio […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2161001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[22793,22694,22800,360254,379160,22804,269828,21741,349225,21738],"class_list":["post-2161000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-all-markets-rank-everywhere","tag-app-arts-entertainment","tag-app-for-your-consideration","tag-app-latest-arts-entertainment-stories","tag-app-latest-entertainment-stories","tag-associated-press","tag-c-block-national","tag-entertainment","tag-movies-film","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u2018Now-You-See-Me-races-past-\u2018The-Running-Man-at.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2161000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2161002,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161000\/revisions\/2161002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2161001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2161000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2161000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2161000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}