LOS ANGELES, Oct 10 — Paramount executives kept theon their face yesterday, as the deceptively named horror film topped North America’s box office for a second weekend, scaring up an estimated US$17.6 million , industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said.
Sosie Bacon, daughter of actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, stars as a therapist whose grasp on reality starts to slip after she witnesses a gruesome event involving a patient., Sony’s new live-action/computer animated musical comedy, placed second at US$11.5 million on a slow weekend. Analyst David A. Gross called that a “weak opening” despite good reviews.
With a budget of just US$50 million, he added, “the film was not designed to be in the league of the big Disney/Pixar/Illumination family juggernauts.” It stars Javier Bardem, Shawn Mendes and Constance Wu., took in just US$6.5 million for third place, suffering from poor reviews despite what Gross called “an impressive collection of talent in front of and behind the camera.”
Directed by David O. Russell , its all-star cast includes Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, Chris Rock, Taylor Swift, Matthias Schoenaerts, Rami Malek and Robert De Niro in a tale about the mysterious murder of a US senator., at US$5.3 million. Viola Davis stars as the leader of an all-female army of African warriors.from Warner Bros, at US$3.5 million. The psychological horror film slipped from second last weekend.