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'Jackass' has last laugh, ousts Spider-Man from top N.America spot

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="alt" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/entertainment/01/09/spiderman-no-way-home.jpg"/></figure></div><p>LOS ANGELES, United States - Irreverent but ultimately endearing comedy film &quot;Jackass Forever&quot; managed a serious feat this weekend, swatting Spider-Man out of the top spot to claim supremacy in the North American box-office, industry data showed Sunday.</p><p>Paramount&#x27;s latest iteration of spoofs, gross-out slapstick and painful stunts dreamed up by Johnny Knoxville and his merry pranksters debuted by raking in a cool $23.5 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations estimated.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/27/21/spider-man-no-way-home-earns-1-billion-globally">&#x27;Spider-Man: No Way Home&#x27; earns $1 billion globally</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/01/09/22/review-spider-man-no-way-home-fulfills-fans-fantasies">Movie review: &#x27;Spider-Man: No Way Home&#x27; fulfills fans&#x27; fantasies</a></li></ul><p>Twenty years on from its first silver screen release, the franchise has managed to retain some relevance with its fifth installment, and successfully defied Hollywood trends to sneak a pure comedy film -- one made for just $10 million, no less -- into the number one spot.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s extremely hard to keep it fresh and funny for this long, but Jackass is doing that. Reviews are outstanding (at this point they are usually poor),&quot; said David A. Gross, who runs Franchise Entertainment Research. </p><p>&quot;Moonfall&quot; came in at number two, with a modest $10 million take. The Lionsgate sci-fi disaster flick directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Halle Berry revolves around the rather far-fetched scenario that bits of the Moon are tumbling down onto Earth.</p><p>Slipping to third was &quot;Spider-Man: No Way Home,&quot; whose spectacular run of late -- the best in the Covid era -- has slowed. Its $9.6 million in sales brought the Sony/Marvel superhero film to a total of $749 million in domestic sales, placing it fourth all-time.</p><p>Paramount&#x27;s latest chapter in the &quot;Scream&quot; franchise dropped to fourth place, grossing $4.7 million. As in the horror flick&#x27;s 1996 original, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette again star.</p><p>Fifth spot was claimed by Universal&#x27;s animated musical &quot;Sing 2,&quot; which took in $4.2 million. Its all-star voice cast includes Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Matthew McConaughey, Pharrell Williams and Bono.</p><div><strong>Rounding out the top 10 were:</strong></div><p>&quot;The King&#x27;s Man&quot; ($1.2 million)</p><p>&quot;Redeeming Love&quot; ($1 million)</p><p>&quot;American Underdog&quot; ($800,000)</p><p>&quot;The 355&quot; ($700,000)</p><p>&quot;The Lion and the Wolf&quot; ($675,000)</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1888740" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Irreverent but ultimately endearing comedy film 'Jackass Forever' beat Spider-Man to claim supremacy in the North American box-office this week.