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'Halloween Ends' starts strong, topping N.America box office

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Agence France-Presse

<p>LOS ANGELES, United States - Universal scarefest &quot;Halloween Ends&quot; scored a strong start this weekend, topping the North American box office with an estimated take of $41.3 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.</p><p>The movie, ostensibly the last in a long string of profitable &quot;Halloween&quot; films, again stars Jamie Lee Curtis in a tale replete with throat-slashing, choking, fatal falls and a mysterious masked sewer-dweller. </p><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=2292529" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>Analysts had predicted a somewhat higher number: $50 million or so. But given the film&#x27;s simultaneous release on the Peacock streaming service and its production cost of just $30 million, its take was &quot;excellent,&quot; said David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.</p><p>The weeks before Halloween always smile on horror films -- and this weekend another gruesome film, Paramount&#x27;s &quot;Smile,&quot; placed second at $12.4 million. Sosie Bacon stars as a therapist whose grasp on reality is shaken by a horrifying event.</p><p>In third place for the Friday-through-Sunday period, down one spot from its release last weekend, was Sony&#x27;s live action/computer-animated musical comedy &quot;Lyle, Lyle Crocodile,&quot; at $7.4 million. Javier Bardem, Shawn Mendes and Constance Wu star.</p><p>Another Sony film, history-inspired &quot;The Woman King,&quot; held tight at fourth place, with $3.7 million in ticket sales. Viola Davis stars as the leader of an all-female army of African warriors.</p><p>And in fifth, dropping two spots, was 20th Century&#x27;s comedy thriller &quot;Amsterdam,&quot; at $2.9 million. It stars Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington.</p><div><strong>Rounding out the top 10 were:</strong></div><p>&quot;Don&#x27;t Worry Darling&quot; ($2.2 million)</p><p>&quot;Barbarian&quot; ($1.4 million)</p><p>&quot;Bros&quot; ($920,000)</p><p>&quot;Terrifier 2&quot; ($850,000)</p><p>&quot;Top Gun: Maverick&quot; ($685,000)</p><div><strong>bbk/sw</strong></div><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=2292530" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Universal scarefest 'Halloween Ends' scored a strong start this weekend, topping the North American box office with an estimated take of $41.3 million