Wicked: For Good was the top film at the weekend box office by a wide margin. The movie grossed an estimated $150 million domestically and $76 million internationally for a debut weekend of $226 million. That improves upon the first film which grossed $112 million domestically its opening weekend and then went on to gross just under $475 million domestically and $758.7 million worldwide. Will the sequel cross the billion dollar mark? It’s possible the film could be frontloaded with fans who saw the first and want to see the second half which could result in a tumble. But, with the holiday weekend coming it should do well though faces a challenge with Zootopia 2 opening this week.

Now You See Me: Now You Don’t dipped to second place with an estimated $9.1 million, a 56.6% drop from the opening weekend. It has now grossed $36.8 million domestically in two weeks. It over doubled its internal debut take with $55.2 million over the week to bring its international gross to $109.4 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $146.2 million.

Predator: Badlands held on to third place with $6.3 million to bring its domestic gross to $76.3 million. Over the week, the film grossed $13.3 million internationally to lift that to $83.3 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $159.6 million.

The Running Man dropped to third place with $5.8 million domestically where it has grossed just $27 million after two weeks. Internationally, the movie added $10.1 million over the week to bring that to $21.3 million and a worldwide gross of $48.3 million.

Rounding out the top five was Rental Family which grossed $3.3 million domestically.

In other comic related movies…

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc added $600,000 to its domestic total which is now $42.5 million. Over the week, it grossed $8.4 million internationally and now stands at $131.5 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $174 million.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie – Infinity Castle grossed about $100,000 domestically over the week and now its total is just under $134 million. Internationally, the movie has grossed $527.7 million. Its worldwide gross is just under $661.7 million.

Initial numbers has 50 movies grossing $182,031,713 from 27,347 theaters for an average of $6,656.37. That compared to last week’s 66 movies grossing $73,872,102 from 37,074 theaters for an average of $1,992.56.