Culterix“Practical Magic 2” opens fall movie season at $30M
The Sandra Bullock/Nicole Kidman sequel opened to $30M, kicking off the fall box-office calendar.
“Practical Magic 2,” reuniting Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman nearly three decades after the original film, opened to $30M — effectively kicking off the fall box-office calendar.
Legacy sequels released this long after the original almost always underperform, since there's no guarantee the built-in audience actually shows up in theaters rather than just fondly remembering the first one. A $30M open is a genuinely rare result for a 27-years-later follow-up, and it sets a real bar for how the rest of the fall slate performs by comparison.
Why it matters. A 27-years-later sequel actually opening well is rare.