Box-Office Weekend: Exorcist Expels PAW Patrol
For the second week in a row, a new film sits atop the box-office weekend top ten as The Exorcist: Believer claimed the number one spot by a $15.4 million margin.
In its inaugural weekend of release, The Exorcist: Believer brought in $27.2 million for Universal Pictures, easily taking control of the weekend box office. Last weekend’s top film, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie dropped to second place where it added $11.8 million for Paramount Pictures, bringing the film’s two-week total to $38.9 million. Similarly, Saw X dropped a spot, finishing in third place with $8.2 million his weekend. This gives the latest film in the Lionsgate series an overall total of $32.6 million. Also losing ground by one spot this weekend was The Creator which fell to fourth place where it brought in $6.1 million for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in its second week of release, lifting its overall total to $24.9 million. Holding firm in fifth place was The Blindw which brought its two-week tally to $10.5 million by adding $4.0 million over the weekend.
Another film not gaining or losing any ground was A Haunting in Venice which remained in sixth place this weekend where it added $2.7 million, to bring its four-week total to $35.7 million for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Falling three spots to finish in seventh-place this weekend was The Nun II where its added $2.6 million, giving the Warner Bros. product a five-week total of $81.1 million. Meanwhile, this pushed Dumb Money down a spot to an eighth-place finish with $2.2 million for the Sony Pictures Entertainment film. This brings its four-week total to $10.6 million. The Equalizer 3 also fell a spot, finishing in ninth-place with $1.8 million in its sixth-weekend in release, giving the Columbia Pictures product a cumulative total of $88.8 million. Finally, debuting in the tenth spit of this weekend’s top ten was the re-release of the 30th Anniversary edition of Hocus Pocus which managed to bring in $1.5 million for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, to lift its overall total to $46 million.
Two films were pushed out of the top ten this box-office weekend as both last week’s ninth- and tenth-place films failed to make the cut this weekend. After three weeks in release, Expend4bles leaves the top ten after making a total of $15.4 million for Lionsgate. Meanwhile, the most popular film of the year, Barbie, leaves the top ten after amassing $634.3 million over twelve weeks for Warner Brothers.
Weekend Box Office (October 6th – October 8th)
- The Exorcist: Believer…$27.2 Million
- PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie…$11.8 Million
- Saw X…$8.2 Million
- The Creator…$6.1 Million
- The Blind…$4.0 Million
- A Haunting in Venice…$2.7 Million
- The Nun II…$2.6 Million
- Dumb Money…$2.2 Million
- The Equalizer 3…$1.8 Million
- Hocus Pocus (30th Anniversary Re-Release)…$1.5 Million
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