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Posted October 30, 2022 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Box-Office Weekend: “Black Adam” Stays On Top


For the second weekend in a row, Black Adam held the top spot of the box-office weekend by a significant margin, although this weekend it was only a difference of $17.7 million and not $50.7 million.

"Black Adam" posterDwayne Johnson and Black Adam managed to bring in $27.7 million over thew DC Extended Universe’s film’s second weekend in release. Even though the take was nearly $40 million less than last weekend, the film still took the top spot rather easily and raised its overall total to $111.1 million. Holding its ground in second place was Ticket to Paradise with $10.0 million in its second week of release. This gives the romantic comedy a total of $33.7 million. Debuting in third place was the horror film Prey for the Devil which managed to bring in $7.0 million over the last three days. This pushed the second horror film of the top ten, Smile, to fourth-place with $5.0 million. The film now boasts a five-week total of $92.4 million. Similarly falling a spot due to the debut of Prey for the Devil was Halloween Ends, which brought in $3.8 million over its third weekend in release to bring its overall total to $60.3 million.

Dropping from fifth to sixth place was the family-friendly Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile with $2.82 million. This gives the film a four-week total of $32.6 million. Making its debut in the top ten at number seven in its third weekend of release was Till with $2.81 million over the weekend. This brings the film’s overall total to $3.6 million. Dropping a spot to eighth place was the horror film Terrifier 2 which took in $1.8 million in its fourth weekend of release to brings its overall total to $7.6 million. Meanwhile, The Woman King dropped from sixth place to finish in ninth this weekend with $1.1 million. This gives the film a seven-week total of $64.6 million. Finally, Tár debuts in the top ten in its fourth weekend of release with $1.0 million. This gives the film an overall total of $2.5 million to date.

As happened last weekend, three films were again forced out of the box-office weekend top ten. Last weekend’s eighth-place film, Don’t Worry Darling, leaves after a six-week run that amassed $44.8 million. Amsterdam bows out of the top ten after last weekend’s ninth-place finish with a four-week total of $14.6 million. Finally, after one weekend in the top ten, Triangle of Sadness takes its four-week total of $2.3 million and vanishes.

Weekend Box Office (October 28th – October 30th)

  1. Black Adam…$27.7 Million
  2. Ticket to Paradise…$10.0 Million
  3. Prey for the Devil…$7.0 Million
  4. Smile…$5.0 Million
  5. Halloween Ends…$3.8 Million
  6. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile…$2.82 Million
  7. Till…$2.81 Million
  8. Terrifier 2…$1.8 Million
  9. The Woman King…$1.1 Million
  10. Tár…$1.0 Million
Mike Tyrkus

Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com
An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.