Box Office: ‘Practical Magic 2’ Aims to Dethrone ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ With $40 Million Debut

By Rebecca Rubin

Rebecca Rubin

Senior Film and Media Reporter

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After a summer for the record books, movie theater operators are hoping to keep the vibes high with some midnight margaritas.

Those celebratory cocktails are part of the fun in “Practical Magic 2,” a fantasy sequel about witchy sisters played by Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock. Nostalgia should propel the follow-up film to $30 million to $40 million from 4,000 North American theaters in its debut, enough to claim No. 1 and topple the six-weekend reign of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.”

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