March went out like a lion. Or, at least it did for Paramount Pictures, the distributor behind Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
Honor Among Thieves, an adventure caper based on the dice-based board game, rolled to $38.5 million in North America, according to the studio’s estimates. That’s enough to put it in first place by more than $10 million. The film earned almost as much overseas ($33 million), which pushed its overall gross to $71.5 million. Dungeon? Hardly. Honor Among Thieves is sitting in the penthouse right now.
Those honorable thieves pushed America’s favorite assassin down a bit, though John Wick: Chapter 4 didn’t tumble all the way down the box office stairs. Instead, the film rolled gently into second place with an estimated $28.2 million, bringing the film’s overall gross to $122.9. million.
It’s been a strong stretch for faith-based movies. In its sixth week, Jesus Revolution earned another $1 million this weekend, pushing its total gross to $50.9 million. But the biggest headliner in Christian filmmaking this weekend was His Only Son. That film, based on the life of Abraham (and how his near sacrifice of his son foreshadowed the Easter story) gathered in $5.5 million en route to a third place finish. How much is $5.5 million in the faith-based film industry? Abraham’s brother could tell you: a lot.
Scream VI finished just a whisper behind His Only Son, gathering up another $5.3 million, bringing its total take over three weeks of release to $98.2 million. If the horror flick keeps collecting money at this rate, it could well become the highest-grossing film in the franchise. (The current leader in the clubhouse is the original 1996 Scream with $103 million.)
Creed III closed out the Top Five with $5 million, leaving the fast-fading Shazam! Fury of the Gods on the outside looking in with $4.6 million. A Thousand and One, the third major release of the week, finished seventh with $1.8 million.
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-I’d certainly hope so, “Honor” had a high budget, and I loved the film a lot more than I expected to. One scene was almost unnecessarily upsetting to watch, but I thought the writing and characters were excellent throughout.