THB #157: Sunday Box Office Quickie

I’m glad to see that some other writers have picked up on the $100m a weekend floor for box office. It’s important.

But the reason I am writing this brief missive is that this weekend, for all that is wrong with it, is actually showing a little sunshine amidst the clouds.

The Doctor Strange drop is okay after that kind of opening…. best non-Avengers summer kick-off ever. The film opened above its class, in great part because of Spider-Man: No Way Home setting it and the Dr. Strange multiverse up. And it delivered a more mid-range movie than was expected by most people… a horror hybrid by Sam Raimi that didn’t really do anything to advance the Dr. Strange story or really, the multiverse. It’s not a bad movie. It’s just a much more niche movie than most from Marvel, especially after the first Dr. Strange really expanded the idea of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

But what makes me feel good is the rest of this Top 10. #9 and #10 shouldn’t be in the Top 10, but distributors unwilling to pu…