‘Practical Magic 2’ Dazzles Up a Bit Of an Audience
Fall movies are here, and Practical Magic 2 cast the first spell of the season. Per Variety, the legacyquel to the 1998 cult classic opened to $46 million worldwide. $30 million of that came from North America, whose love of top-billed stars Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman has kept them employed and in the public eye for a long time. Allied to its 30M debut… pic.twitter.com/J70WbLXzrI — Luiz Fernando (@Luiz_Fernando_J) September 13, 2026 The original Practical Magic was a cult classic that garnered a mixed reception, and the same’s basically true of Practical Magic 2.
- ▪Fall movies are here, and Practical Magic 2 cast the first spell of the season.
- ▪Per Variety, the legacyquel to the 1998 cult classic opened to $46 million worldwide. $30 million of that came from North America, whose love of top-billed stars Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman has kept them employed and in the public eye
- ▪Allied to its 30M debut… pic.twitter.com/J70WbLXzrI — Luiz Fernando (@Luiz_Fernando_J) September 13, 2026 The original Practical Magic was a cult classic that garnered a mixed reception, and the same’s basically true of Practical Magic 2.
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Fall movies are here, and Practical Magic 2 cast the first spell of the season. Per Variety, the legacyquel to the 1998 cult classic opened to $46 million worldwide. $30 million of that came from North America, whose love of top-billed stars Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman has kept them employed and in the public eye for a long time. For some comparison, Bullock’s last theatrical movie as the lead was 2022’s The Lost City, which opened to $30.5 million in its first weekend; Kidman’s last, Babygirl from late 2024, started with $7.3 million in a five-day…
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