But Warner stumbled with “The Lego Ninjago Movie,” which arrived in third place with $21.2 million in ticket sales — sharply less than box office analysts had predicted going into the weekend. The movie played in 4,047 domestic theaters and cost roughly $70 million to make, not including marketing. But the future of the Lego movie franchise is now a serious question. The first Lego movie arrived to a whopping $69 million in ticket sales in 2014. The free-fall does not bode well for “The Lego Movie 2,” which is scheduled for release in 2019.

Source: New York Times September 24, 2017 18:11 UTC