Amblin/Universals’ The House With a Clock in the Walls pulled in about $27 million this weekend, and A Simple Favor took second place with $10.4 million in its second weekend out.
While haunted family title The House was a coup for Eli Roth, making it his best opening ever, overall it was a dismal weekend at the B.O. Fahrenheit 11/9, Life Itself and Assassination Nation had soft openings ($3.1 million, $2.1 million and $1.1 million, respectively).
Paul Feig’s Favor, starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, has earned $32.56 total, with just a 35% drop from its debut. Warner Bros. and New Line’s The Nun, meanwhile, plummeted 44% this weekend, with a $10.2 million take for a total of $100 million total.
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Top 10 Movies at the B.O., per ComScore:
1. “The House With a Clock in Its Walls,” $26.9 million.
2. “A Simple Favor,” $10.4 million.
3. “The Nun,” $10.3 million.
4. “The Predator,” $8.7 million.
5. “Crazy Rich Asians,” $6.5 million.
6. “White Boy Rick,” $5 million.
7. “Peppermint,” $3.7 million.
8. “Fahrenheit 11/9,” $3.1 million.
9. “The Meg,” $2.4 million.
10. “Searching,” $2.2 million.
