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'Doctor Strange' slips but stays atop N.America box office

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez, Benedict Wong as Wong, and Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange in Marvel Studios" DOCTOR="" STRANGE="" in="" THE="" MULTIVERSE="" OF="" MADNESS.="" Photo="" courtesy="" of="" Marvel="" Studios.="" Studios="" All="" Rights="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/entertainment/05/15/20220515-dr-strange1.jpg"/><figcaption>Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez, Benedict Wong as Wong, and Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange in Marvel Studios&#x27; DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2022. All Rights Reserved</figcaption></figure></div>LOS ANGELES, United States - Marvel and Disney&#x27;s &quot;Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness&quot; saw a sharp dropoff this weekend from its blockbuster opening, but still reported $61 million in estimated ticket sales to top North America&#x27;s box office, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.The superhero sequel, again starring Benedict Cumberbatch, had opened last weekend to a year&#x27;s best $187 million. It has now earned $292 million domestically and an additional $396 million abroad for a global total of $688 million.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/05/04/22/review-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness">Movie review: &#x27;Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness&#x27; dives into darker dimensions</a></li></ul>Far behind in second place for the Friday-through-Sunday period was Universal&#x27;s animated action-comedy &quot;The Bad Guys.&quot; The DreamWorks Animation production, with a voice cast led by Sam Rockwell, Awkwafina and Anthony Ramos, took in $6.9 million.In third for the second straight weekend was Paramount&#x27;s family-friendly &quot;Sonic the Hedgehog 2,&quot; at $4.6 million.&quot;Firestarter,&quot; a new release from Universal based on the Stephen King horror-thriller, took in $3.8 million, a disappointing opening for a major-studio thriller.It stars Zac Efron (the onetime &quot;High School Musical&quot; heartthrob) and Sydney Lemmon (of &quot;Fear the Walking Dead&quot; fame) as parents who have been trying to hide daughter Ryan Kiera Armstrong from a shadowy federal agency that wants to use her, um, matchless ability to start fires using only her mind.The film has received a dismal 12 percent rating on the Rotten Tomatoes website, in sharp contrast to the fifth-place film, A24&#x27;s sci-fi yarn &quot;Everything Everywhere All at Once,&quot; which scored 96 percent on the site and earned $3.3 million in its eighth weekend out.Michelle Yeoh stars in &quot;Everything&quot; as a beleaguered laundromat owner who must resolve some messy family issues while doing existential battle in a bizarre and chaotic multiverse. Rounding out the top 10 were: &quot;Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore&quot; ($2.4 million)&quot;The Lost City&quot; ($1.7 million)&quot;The Northman&quot; ($1.7 million)&quot;Family Camp&quot; ($1.4 million)&quot;The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent&quot; ($1.1 million)bbk/mlm© Agence France-Presse<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2023284" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' saw a sharp dropoff this weekend from its blockbuster opening, but still reported $61 million in estimated ticket sales 