D&D: Honor Among Thieves Lifts Off With $72 Million Worldwide Against A $150 Million Budget

[UPDATE] The weekend numbers are in, and Honor Among Thieves pulled in $38.5 million in the US and Canada over its first weekend, which was at the high end of its $30 million-$40 million estimates. Globally, the movie earned $72 million.

The new D&D film carried a reported $150 million budget, and studio head Chris Aronson told Deadline that the full story of how Honor Among Thieves performed will be told in the weeks to come.

"With great exits score and a $71M global start, the story on Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves isn's going to be finished until well into its run," Aronson, the domestic distribution boss at Paramount, said.

The original story follows below.

The new fantasy movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves makes its official debut this weekend, but ahead of its wide Friday release, the movie made millions from Thursday previews in the US. According to Deadline, the movie pulled in $5.6 million from the total of its preview screenings, including $4.1 million for Thursday alone. The other $1.5 million came from screenings that took place earlier in other places.

Deadline said a comparable film to Honor Among Thieves is Sony's Uncharted, starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg. That film made $3.7 million for its Thursday previews in 2022. The $4.1 million in Thursday previews is tracking ahead of the Thursday preview numbers for Mad Max: Fury Road ($3.7 million) and slightly behind A Quiet Place ($4.3 million).

Honor Among Thieves is getting great reviews and has a cast of big names including Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez, but it's expected to make only as much as $40 million in the US for its first weekend. That's a good chunk of change, but the film carried a reported $150 million budget before marketing expenses. Globally, Honor Among Thieves is projected to earn $65 million for its first weekend, which suggests the film will need to continue to perform well in the weeks to come to turn a profit.

Last weekend's big new movie, John Wick: Chapter 4, is expected to earn about $30 million in the US for its second weekend, so it seems that film and Honor Among Thieves will be locked in a tight contest for No. 1 this weekend.

For more on Honor Among Thieves, check out GameSpot's new feature interview below.

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