The film reunites Game Night helmers Goldstein and Daley, who directed from a script they wrote with Michael Gilio. Paramount is distributing the pic everywhere except for the U.K., where eOne is handling.ĭirected by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, Dungeons & Dragons is based on Hasbro’s influential role-playing game and features a star-packed cast led by Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Chloe Coleman, Daisy Head and Hugh Grant. China, however, was a disappointment at $5 million ( Dungeons is the latest Hollywood pic to stall in China). Overseas, the movie debuted to $33 million from 60 territories representing 83 percent of the international marketplace for a global bow of $71.5 million.
Whatever the ultimate outcome, it expands the overall D&D universe for Hasbro. Heading into the weekend, Dungeons & Dragons was tracking to open to a muted $30 million domestically.
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