";s:4:"text";s:6621:" The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part missed expectations over the weekend, leading to yet another disappointing overall performance at the box office. After The LEGO Batman Movie and The LEGO Ninjago Movie came out in 2017, The LEGO Movie 2 finally debuted earlier this month. “I don’t think it’ll be the end of the line for ‘Legos,’ I think it’s a matter of retooling it,” Bock said. And, most importantly, it’s the damn sequel to The Lego Movie — that’s pretty much a modern classic by this point, beloved by all.
The LEGO Movie 2 severely underperformed at the box office during its opening weekend, and there are a few reasons why that happened. There was nothing awesome about the box office debut of The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.. Compared to other players in the animation realm, like Pixar, Disney, and Illumination, WB's LEGO series lagged behind in terms of box office grosses - even when it was at its peak. I was super amped for this one, and I just figured everyone else who saw the first film (all $257 million dollars worth of them) would be too. But The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part was supposed to bring balance to the box office as the year’s first franchise film. Paramount’s comedy “What Men Want” opened in line with expectations and landed in second place, generating $19 million when it launched in 2,912 locations. But the studio definitely made a mistake by not getting LEGO Movie 2 out quicker to capitalize on the buzz. Sure, that was still enough to net it #1 at the box office (once again, slow frame), but it’s a pretty bad comedown for a film that was tracking less than a month ago at $45 million — on the absolute low end. This is especially bad when you consider that all three films released within the same 24 month span — even with the five year gap of core Lego Movies, for most audiences, it really didn’t feel like it. It debuted almost 50% behind its predecessor, 2014’s “The Lego Movie,” which pulled off a surprisingly strong $69 million launch before ending its theatrical run with $469 million worldwide. There are a few reasons to explain this turn of events. Did you see A Walk Among the Tombstones?). Insiders at Warner Bros. pointed to audience demographics for the decline in ticket sales. After all, sequels are supposed to spark even more enthusiasm as its fanbase grows. It’s the fourth film in the “Lego” franchise, which also includes “The Lego Batman Movie.” Each prior entry cost between $60 million and $80 million before taking marketing into account. Generally, you don’t want a sequel to perform worse than its predecessor at all. Granted, the box office did climb by 55% from last weekend to $112 million. That film tanked commercially, tallying only $123 million globally. But the prospects of that, at this point, are pretty dim. Rounding out the top five is STX’s “The Upside” and Universal’s “Glass,” which earned $7.2 million and $6.4 million respectively.