Sandra Bullock's $75M Fantasy Sequel Pulled From 3,800 Theaters

Having recently been released on the PVOD market, one of Warner Bros.' many theatrical underperformers this year has been pulled from virtually all of the theaters it opened in. The movie received a robust theatrical release in September, but is now playing in fewer theaters nationwide than the new A24 release You Can See Everything. Unlike the similar legacy sequel Hocus Pocus 2, the movie in question was given a theatrical release. It aimed to capitalize on the cult success of the original movie, which was released in 1998. However, while recent legacy sequels such as Freakier Friday and The Devil Wears Prada 2 emerged as massive hits, the W.B. release essentially replicated the original box-office performance.

It grossed a hair more than $100 million worldwide against a reported budget of $75 million, which isn't nearly enough for it to break even theatrically. Movies of this size typically need to double their production budget in theaters, factoring in the studio's marketing and distribution costs. It ended up on W.B.'s uncomfortably long list of box-office underperformers this year, alongside Supergirl, The Bride!, The End of Oak Street, and Mortal Kombat II.

Here's How Much the Fantasy Legacy Sequel Has Grossed at the Box Office

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We're talking, of course, about Practical Magic 2. The film serves as a follow-up to the original Practical Magic, which grossed around $95 million worldwide against a reported budget of $75 million, and has now settled at a 31% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. The sequel, which brings back stars Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, holds a marginally higher 36% score on the aggregator. The site's consensus reads, "Nostalgic and inert, Practical Magic 2 has charms thanks to Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman's sisterly rapport, but its mechanical plotting is a whole lot of toil that's not worth the trouble." However, Practical Magic 2's "Verified Hot" 91% audience score will certainly come in handy now that it's available on the PVOD market.