Photo by Jon Pack, courtesy of Fox SearchlightFox Searchlight's Super Troopers 2 felt blue and got blinded by the beams this weekend, as the comedy sequel to the 2001 cult offering got hammered by Thanos and his hands of fate in its second Fri-Sun frame. So, the partially crowdfunded sequel was something of a one-weekend wonder, although if you note its frontloaded $15.1m opening weekend (from a $7.9m Friday) you might argue it was a one-night-wonder. Super Troopers 2 was not intended to be a leggy theatrical attraction. Assuming it crawls to $29.3 million (yes, I'm being optimistic), it'll surpass the inflation-adjusted total of the first Super Troopers ($22m in 2002) and will have earned 57% more than the first film in unadjusted domestic grosses. It was never going to play beyond opening weekend, but as long as the studio took that into account, Super Troopers 2 was free to be a mini-event movie and a true-blue breakout sequel.

Source: Forbes April 30, 2018 16:52 UTC