‘Regretting You’ wins spooky slow North American box office
Fifth place goes to ‘Back to the Future’, re-released for the film’s 40th anniversary
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[LOS ANGELES] Paramount’s Regretting You, the latest film adaptation of a Colleen Hoover novel, finished first place in a lacklustre Halloween weekend at the North American box office, industry estimates showed on Sunday (Nov 2).
Directed by Josh Boone, the romantic drama tells the story of a mother (Allison Williams) and teenage daughter (McKenna Grace) navigating life and love after tragedy strikes.
The film took in US$8.1 million in its second week out, according to industry watcher Exhibitors Relations, narrowly beating Universal’s horror sequel Black Phone 2, which earned US$8 million.
The thriller sees Ethan Hawke’s devilish villain return to terrorise a group of youths, this time at a camp.
Last week’s first-place finisher, Japanese anime feature Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, dropped to third place with US$6 million.
It tells the dark fantasy story of orphaned teenager Denji, who is killed by the yakuza but reborn by merging with his pet devil to become Chainsaw Man.
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In fourth place at US$4.8 million was Bugonia, Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest collaboration with Oscar-winner Emma Stone.
The apocalyptic satire, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival, follows the abduction of a high-profile CEO (Stone) by two conspiracy theorists who believe she is an alien.
Fifth place went to Back to the Future, re-released for the film’s 40th anniversary.
The top 12 films took in US$44.8 million for the weekend, according to Exhibitor Relations, a 32 per cent drop from the same period the previous year.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
- Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (US$3.8 million)
- Tron: Ares (US$2.8 million)
- Stitch Ahead (US$2.1 million)
- Good Fortune (US$1.5 million)
- One Battle After Another (US$1.2 million) AFP
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