“Black Phone 2” had a middling Thursday night and half-decent Friday, all of which added up toa $10 million+ opening day and a $26.5 million opening weekend. That’s according The Numbers.

That topped the 2021 original film’s opening weekend, which was $23.6 million. The film made its bones on its name, the rep of the first film and perhaps with word of mouth, because reviews haven’t been very good. I thought director and co-writer Scott Derrickson tried a few new things, but they weren’t as frightening or empathetic as the ingredients that made the first one work.

“Tron: Ares,” the third installment in that Disney franchise, has fallen off a cliff with the Mouse House looking at a 65% “Tyler Perry Picture Plummet” to $11.1 million on its second weekend. It’s cleared the $50 million mark, but the $170 million blockbuster won’t come near $100 million by the end of its run. Kind of a bust in every way.

Keanu in non baba yaga/kill-them-all mode proved to be a non-starter as Aziz Ansari’s “Good Fortune,” a “Wings of Desire” riff on America’s haves and have-nots, will open in third place. Keke Palmer, Seth Rogen, Ansari and Keanu Reeves in angelic wings only managed $6.2 million and change on its opening weekend. It earned lukewarm reviews. It’s sweet and well-intentioned, and utterly lacking the edge that might have put it over. Worth streaming when it moves to home video, in any event.

“One Battle After Another,” like “Good Fortune” a “movie of the moment,” is having awards-season legs, sticking around the top five, adding another $4 million and clearing the $60 million mark. I think it’s the only movie in theaters now that I’m going to have to duck in and see again.

It’s a “resistance” tale. Have you picked out where you’re going to protest this No Kings Saturday?

“Roofman” is sticking around the top five one more week with a $3.7 million second weekend take. Worth seeing after spending the morning protesting the dictatorship.

Angel Studios’ noble and polished WWII Resistance drama “Truth & Treason” is on track to come in sixth, clearing $2.7 million or so. A pretty bold anti-fascism statement from the distributor that made a mint off “Sound of Freedom.”

The Julia Roberts/Andrew Garfield academic “cancellation” drama “After the Hunt” cracks the top ten in limited release, ninth place and $1.55 million in the till.

“Conjuring: Last Rites,” “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie” Sony’s faith-based “Soul on Fire” round out the top ten.

More data comes in Sunday that will tell us how the rest of the top ten shakes out, with the fast-fading “The Smashing Machine” and the clever horror tale from a dog’s point of view, “Good Boy” (MUCH better than “Black Phone 2”) seemingly fated to fall out of the top ten.

The “Demon Slayer” anime franchise is still on the cusp of the top ten earning $1.3 million, with a $131 million take over all.

The “Downton Abbey” audience (lots of retirees in it) has kept that “Grand Finale” in the top ten weekdays, but it is losing screens and will fall short of the $50 million mark when it ends its run.