LOS ANGELES — It’s a three-peat for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.”
Tim Burton’s sequel to his 1988 horror comedy topped the North American box office chart for a third consecutive weekend with $26 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
It led to the animated new release “Transformers: One,” which grossed $25 million. Optimus Prime’s origin story from Paramount Pictures features the voices of Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry and Scarlett Johansson.
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”, a release by Warner Bros. with Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder returning as stars, has earned more than $226 million domestically in its three weeks after a monster opening of $110 million – the third best of the year – and a second weekend of $51.6 million.
Third place went to the James McAvoy horror “Speak No Evil,” which took in $5.9 million in its second week for a total of $21.5 million.
Overall, the coffers were in a calm phase that is expected to break when ” Joker: Folie à Deux ” dances its way onto the cinema screen on October 4.
The year’s second highest gross-” Deadpool & Wolverine ” remained in the top 5 in its ninth weekend with an additional $3.9 million and a total domestic total of $627 million. Only Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” has earned more.
The Coralie Fargeat-directed body horror “The Substance,” starring Demi Moore, which made a splash at the Cannes Film Festival, brought in $3.1 million from limited screens in its opening weekend for sixth place.
Daily Wire Film “Am I Racist?” — where conservative columnist Matt Walsh goes undercover as a “DEI intern” — stayed in the top 10 after a fourth-place finish last week, earning $2.9 million for seventh place and a two-week total of $9 million.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released on Monday.
1. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” $26 million.
2. “Transformers One,” $25 million.
3. “Speak No Evil,” $5.9 million.
4. “Never Let Go,” $4.5 million.
5. “Deadpool & Wolverine,” $3.9 million.
6. “The Substance,” $3.1 million.
7. “Am I racist?” 2.5 million dollars.
8. “Reagan,” $1.7 million.
9. “JUNG KOOK: I AM STILL,” $1.4 million.
10. “Alien Romulus,” $1.3 million.
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