Behind the Screens

Time for a Video Game Movie Renaissance?

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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves proves a critical hit at the box office, and with The Super Mario Bros. Movie debuting for Easter weekend, our hosts take a look at how recent video game (and board game)-based movies have had a resurgence on the big screen. Will video game adaptations prove to be the box office’s new best friend, or is history doomed to repeat itself? Listen along to find out!


Topics and times:

  • Box Office highlights - 1:28
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves audience analysis - 2:32
  • His Only Son - 5:38
  • Box Office holdovers - 8:29
  • Q1 2023 in review - 9:25
  • Mario pre-sales - 12:09
  • Next week - 14:05


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    Box Office Overview:

    • Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves opened domestically to $37.2M, exceeding expectations.
    • Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves also grossed a further $33M from 60 international territories for a global total just over $70M for its opening weekend.
    • John Wick: Chapter 4 grossed $28.2M this weekend, bringing the total to $123M.
    • Scream VI added $5.3M for a total now of $123M, less than $5M from being the highest-grossing title of the franchise now.
    • Creed III has risen to a domestic cumulative total of $123M.
    • New release His Only Son grossed $5.5M from 1,920 screens.
    • And finally, Shazam! Fury of the Gods now sits at a total of $53.5M.
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