“Nobody 2” is a classic “more of the same” sequel to an unlikely action hit starring unlikely action hero Bob Odenkirk. Others were more generous reviewing this second helping of a 2021 (right after Covid) hit than I was.

The first film, again re-opening cinemas after a global pandemic, managed just under $6.8 million on its opening weekend and enjoyed a healthy post-cineplex afterlife.

So you’d think even a complete stinker sequel would have Odenkirk’d its way past a $10 or even $15 million opening. No dice. Even with Sharon Stone as a “dragon lady” and Colin Hanks as a crooked sheriff. After a middling $1.3 million Thursday night preview take (I saw it with maybe three other people in the theater) and a not-quite almost-embarassing $3-4 million Friday worked out to  a $9.25 million opening weekend, per The Numbers.

That means the second weekends of “Weapons” and “Freakier Friday” rule the roost, with the smart, chilling and allegorical horror tale collecting another $25 million+ (clearing $80 million by Sat. afternoon) and the Jamie Lee Curtis/Lindsay Lohan sequel adding another $14.5 million, crossing the $50 million mark by Saturday night.

So, Julia Garner and Josh Brolin and Benedict Wong have themselves a blockbuster. Lindsay Lohan gets her career back. But Jamie Lee Curtis is money in the bank.

Lionsgate opened “Americana” in a “moderate” to limited release — probably less than a thousand screens. So no numbers are available on the Sydney Sweeney/Halsey thriller yet. It may be in enough theaters to crack the top ten, but as I watched it in an empty theater Thursday night, let’s call that a long shot.

With “Nobody 2” opening in third, that pushes Marvel’s “Fantastic Four: First Steps” into fourth place, as it is slated to earn another $8.8 million, closing in on $250 million in North America.

“The Bad Guys 2” is chipping away, coming in fifth with a $7.5 million weekend, probably destined to reach the $70-75 million mark by summer’s end.

“Nobody 2” pushes the fast-fading “The Naked Gun” ($4.8) reboot out of the top five as the longer-running “Superman” ($5.825) also passes it.

And the falling dominoes means the smart body horror thriller “Together” ($1.1) is about to exit the top ten, with “F1” ($2.66) ready to take the checkered flag (“chequered”) with something around $186 million, all in. That’s just behind “Jurassic World: Rebirth,” still in the top ten ($2.9), is destined to wind down the summer with $340 million in the bank.

The Indian action film “Coolie” will crack the top ten, rounding up less than ($2.45) million from the diaspora, Rajinikanth fans and Subcontinent Action aficionados, according to Box Office Mojo.