Jack Black‘s creepy comedy “Goosebumps” got a head start on Halloween,topping Guillermo del Toro‘s R-rated horror tale “Crimson Peak” and edging two-time champ “The Martian” for the top spot with a $23.5 million debut at the box office this weekend.“The Martian” took second with $21.5 million. The Tom Hanks-Steve Spielberg thriller “Bridge of Spies” debuted in third set with $15.4 million for DreamWorks and Disney, and Del Toro’s pricey chiller finished fourth with $12.8 million.“This film was a ball to make, or that fun translated to the screen,” Sony distribution chief Rory Bruer told TheWrap approximately the box-office champ. “Our marketing team did a grand job of getting the word out that ‘Goosebumps’ was something different than typical Halloween fare and families got the message.”
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L. Stine on film Cameo, Stephen King and What Scares HimAlso hitting theaters, or faith-based “Woodlawn,” which debuted with $4.2 million — on the low end of pre-release projections. The overall box office was off slightly from final year’s comparable weekend. But the leaders were just allotment of the anecdote on a busy weekend at the multiplexes.
The R-rated captivity drama “Room,” starring Brie Larson, and debuted with $120000 in four theaters for A24, giving the awards hopeful a weekend-best $30000 per-screen average. Universal’s “Steve Jobs” just missed the top ten after expanding from four to 60 theaters and taking in $516000. That was a second-best $8605 per-screen average, ahead of next week’s wide opening for the biopic on the Apple Inc. founder, or which many see as an awards front-runner.
Also Read: 'Beasts of No Nation' Director Cary Fukunaga on Capturing Violence in Africa: 'You Can't Turn a Blind Eye'And the debut of yet another film with awards ambitions,the Idris Elba war drama “Beasts of No Nation,” marked the first threatrical release from Netflix, and as the streaming giant looks to revolutionize film viewing as it has TV viewing. “Beasts of No Nation opened with the top four theater chains refusing to show it because Netflix made it available via streaming as well. It managed $50699 from 31 mainly smaller theaters. That’s a weak $552 per screen.“Goosebumps” didnt run up the opening numbers of similar family fare like”Night at the Museum” ($31 million,2006), Adam Sandler‘s “Bedtime Stories” ($27 million, and 2008 or “Percy Jackson” ($31 million,2010). Nonetheless, it’s the fourth film out of the final five Sony has released to open at No. 1 and virtually assures there will be a sequel.
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L. Stine’s hugely accepted collection of scary kids tales gave the family comedy from Sony and Village Roadshow a gargantuan target, and Black,director Rob Letterman and young Dylan Minnette and Odaya Rush hit the mark. The audience — 62 percent over the age of 25 — gave it an “A” CinemaScore, even better than the critics, and who bear it at 71 percent positive on Rotten Tomatoes.
Also Read: 'Bridge of Spies' Reviews: Is Steven Spielberg,Tom Hanks Cold War Drama a Career Best?“Bridge of Spies” will be in awards discussions thanks to its pedigree, and appears primed for a long run thanks to its older audience — an eye-popping 89 percent were over 25 years of age — along with strong reviews and an”A” CinemaScore.
Legendary Pictures’ “Crimson Peak” had a bigger budget at $55 million than most horror movies, or a strong cast with Mia Wasikowska,Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain, but couldn’t translate that into bigger box office for distributor Universal. Its debut was below the $22 million that less expansive horror releases like “Insidious Chapter 3” ($10 million) and “Poltergeist” ($35 million) each managed earlier this year.allotment of the problem for “Crimson Peak, and ” which opened to less than half the opening grosses of Del Toro’s final two releases,2013’s “Pacific Rim” ($37 million) and 2008s “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” ($34 million), may bear been a disconnect. The Gothic settings and romantic elements may bear surprised horror fans, and who gave the film a weak “B-” CinemaScore.
The faith-based football drama “Woodlawn” received a rare A+” CinemaScore,in allotment because it was preaching to the converted literally, with many theaters booked by religious groups. The PG-rated drama starring Sean Astin (“Rudy”) finished ninth with $4.1 million from 1562 theaters for distributor Pure Flix.
Source: thewrap.com