Warner Bros.’ Black Adam topped its second weekend run, taking in a modest $27.7 million at the North American box office, industry watchdog Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.
A feature that explores the origin story behind 2019’s Shazam, DC Comics’ superhero, Black Adam, stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as a former slave gifted with special powers.
Coming in second for the Friday to Sunday period was Universal’s Ticket to Paradise, a romantic comedy starring A-list stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts. The film brought in $10 million.
Horror films, however, scored more broadly at the box office during Halloween.
“Four of the top 10 films this weekend are horror films,” said David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.
Pray for the Devil, a Lionsgate film, finished third with $7 million.
“It’s an average opening for an original horror movie … the reviews are poor,” Gross said.
Two other horror films, Paramount’s Smile in fourth and Universal’s Halloween Ends in fifth, earned $5 million and $3.8 million, respectively.
Overall, it wasn’t a good weekend for Hollywood, with films taking in an estimated $66 million, down $100 million from the previous weekend.
The top 10 were
6. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile ($2.8 million)
7. up to ($2.8 million)
8. Terrifier 2 ($1.8 million)
9. The Woman King ($1.1 million)
10. Tar ($1 million)
