After a week hiatus from the box-office weekend top spot, Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix, reclaimed its perch atop the top ten, bringing in $18.9 million. This gives the film an impressive four-week total of $277.6 million.
In a very close second-place finish was last week’s top film, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, which made $18.5 million. The film now boasts a two-week tally of $65.4 million, despite dropping from the top spot over the weekend. Climbing up one spot this weekend was the animated film The Addams Family, which added $11.7 million over the weekend to give the film a three-week total of $72.8 million.
Dropping from third to fourth place this weekend was the sequel Zombieland: Double Tap, which finished just behind Maleficent with a weekend total of $11.6 million and a two-week cumulative finish of $47.0 million. Fifth place was owned solidly by newcomer to the top ten, Countdown, which took in $9.0 million in its first week of release.
Another newcomer to the top ten, Black and Blue, managed to bank $8.3 million in its first week of release, landing it in sixth place. Meanwhile, Will Smith and Gemini Man dropped from the fifth to the seventh spot with $4.0 million over the weekend, giving the film a disappointing three-week tally of $43.3 million.
Elsewhere, the film The Lighthouse took in $3.1 million in its second weekend of release after a modest expansion to give it a total of $3.7 million and a solid claim to the eighth spot in our top ten. Our third and final newcomer to the top ten this weekend, The Current War, debuted in ninth place with a showing of $2.7 million in its first week of release.
Finally, the animated film Abominable managed to scratch out another $6.2 million over the weekend to give it a five-week intake of $56.8 million and a stake to the tenth spot of the box-office weekend countdown, despite falling precipitously from the sixth spot last weekend.
Several films left the top ten this box-office weekend after considerably long stays, including: Downton Abbey, which enjoyed $92.2 million during its time in the weekend top ten; the comedy Hustlers, which made $103 million; the biopic Judy starring Renée Zellweger sang to the tune of $20.7 million during its run in the top ten; and the horror film sequel It Chapter Two brought in $210.1 million during its prolonged occupation of the top ten.
Next box-office weekend will feature the release of the next film in the “Terminator” saga, Terminator: Dark Fate from Paramount as well as the animated adventure Arctic Dogs. Also getting slightly smaller releases are potential films of interest: Harriet and Motherless Brooklyn.
Weekend Box-Office (October 25th – October 27th)
- Joker…$18.9 Million
- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil…$18.5 Million
- The Addams Family…$11.7 Million
- Zombieland: Double Tap…$11.6 Million
- Countdown…$9.0 Million
- Black and Blue…$8.3 Million
- Gemini Man…$4.0 Million
- The Lighthouse…$3.1 Million
- The Current War…$2.7 Million
- Abominable…$6.2 Million
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