Hocus Pocus Re-Release Is Working Its Magic At The Box Office
With new cinema releases biding their time before reopening in the theaters, studios are re-releasing popular films. Hocus Pocus is one such example and is quickly becoming one of the hottest movies at the box office! According to a recent piece in ComicBook.com, the film will be screened at over 2,500 cinemas this weekend and is on target to earn nearly $2 million.
Though $2 million might not seem like much, remember that it is a pandemic and the film is nearly 30 years old! This brings the movie in at $1 million less then Christopher Nolan’s Tenet which is on target to earn about $3 million this weekend.
Earlier this week, we here at MickeyBlog ran a story about how Bette Midler is eager to reprise her role as Winifred Sanderson in a rumored sequel. In the meantime, she is getting the gang back together – Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy for a virtual Halloween fundraiser.
For those that can’t make it to the cinema this weekend, Hocus Pocus is also available to screen on Disney+ and will also be showing on Freeform as their 31 Nights of Halloween programming a whopping 14 times over the month of October.
Mick Garris, the screenwriter on the original film told ComicBook.com that he’s excited about the possibility of a sequel for the film which has developed a HUGE cult following over the years. However Garris had this to say about the success of any future film, “I’m excited about [the sequel], but I really think the main reason the movie worked was the Sanderson Sisters, those actresses in those roles, those performances, that I think is the key to that movie’s long life.”
This is a story that we’ll continue to follow closely here at MickeyBlog. Readers are encouraged to keep following along with us for further news and updates.
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