The Invisible Man finds its way to the top of the box office in its opening weekend. Universal and Blumhouse’s reboot of The Invisible Man franchise earned $9.9 million on Friday. It’s set to bring in $26 million in its first weekend. The new film stars Elisabeth Moss as a woman tormented by her ex-boyfriend, a mad scientist who fakes his own suicide to harass her as the titular villain. When the authorities refuse to believe her story, Moss’s character takes matters into her own hands and fights back. The film is written and directed by Leigh Whannell.

 

Sonic: The Hedgehog will move into second place at the box office after two weeks in the lead. The film will earn another $15 million this weekend, bringing its gross total to $127.5 million. The Sonic the Hedgehog movie is a blend of live-action and CGI. that features Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog and Jim Carrey playing Sonic’s nemesis, the mad scientist Doctor Robotnik.

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising, the second film based on the popular superhero manga and anime series, opens in fourth place at the United States box office. The film has earned $8.8 million in the region.

DC Films’ Birds of Prey moves into sixth place this weekend. The film’s domestic box office total will climb to $78.5 million.

 

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