Box Office Report: ‘Goosebumps’ Wins, ‘Crimson Peak’ Underwhelms

On Saturday, the film that features Jack Black, Amy Ryan, a bunch of kids and R.L. Stine himself pulled in a strong $9.8 million, pushing it toward a weekend total of $23.5 million, which is about where tracking had it. While not a huge opening frame, remember that it’s October, and the best for the month tops out at $55 million. Audiences, 59 percent of whom were under the age of 25, gave the film a promising “A” CinemaScore, and reviews have been mostly favorable for the PG-rated pic.

That just edged out Fox’s “The Martian”, the science-fiction smash that was trying to be the number one picture for a third week in a row.

You can tell it’s Halloween season.

“Crimson Peak” fared less well. The Legendary movie, distributed by Universal, failed to draw a big viewers in its debut. Those who did turn out gave the film a lousy B- CinemaScore.

The week’s third wide new entry – though on 1,553 screens as opposed to Goosebumps’ 3,501 – was faith-based sports drama Woodlawn, which earned $4.1 million. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials found itself down in 10th place, adding $2.7 million for a $75.4 million Stateside total so far. Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska star in the gothic romance/horror hybrid, which Variety’s review deemed “too frou-frou for genre fans, too gory for the Harlequin crowd and all-around too obvious”. Ridley Scott’s latest has been a strong box office performer since bowing two weekends ago; within the next week, it will likely cross $150 million. “It’s extra of a classy film”, stated Paul Dergarabedian, Rentrak’s senior media analyst.

Carpou said a large draw for moviegoers was del Toro.

Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg staked out #3 with Bridge of Spies, which hit industry expectations at $15.4 million. It was expected to debut with $29 million, according to Boxoffice.com.

“I think there are a lot of directors in the business that make very interesting movies but I think there are fewer directors that make interesting movies and can be generally considered auteurs”.

“It’s overwhelmingly applicable to today”, said Dave Hollis, Walt Disney Studios’ executive vice president of theatrical distribution. “And this Spielberg film will have a long run in theaters, especially with any award considerations”. Its earned exclusively $ 50,699 from 31 theaters for a lackluster $ 1,635 per theater common. The two-time chart-topper will see its predicted $22 haul push it into second place. Disney just lately introduced that a sequel is within the works for 2017. The amounts are based on actual ticket sales for Oct. 16 and Oct. 17 with estimates for Sunday. Where obtainable, the newest worldwide numbers for Friday by way of Sunday are additionally included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

Sony Pictures Classics “Truth” also made its limited debut in six theaters to less robust results.