LOS ANGELES -- It’s a three-peat for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.â€
The Tim Burton legacy sequel to his 1988 horror comedy topped the North American box office charts for the third straight weekend with US$26 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
It edged out the animated new release “Transformers: One,†which brought in US$25 million. The Optimus Prime origin story from Paramount Pictures features the voices of Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry and Scarlett Johansson.
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,†a Warner Bros. release with Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder returning as stars, has earned more than US$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 US$51.6 million.
Third place went to the James McAvoy horror “Speak No Evil,†which came in at US$5.9 million in its second week for a total of US$21.5 million.
On the whole, the box office was in a quiet phase that is expected to break when “ Joker: Folie à Deux †dances its way onto the big screen on Oct. 4.
The year’s second-highest grosser “ Deadpool & Wolverine †remained in the top 5 in its ninth weekend with another US$3.9 million and a domestic total of US$627 million. Only Pixar's “Inside Out 2†has earned more.
The Demi Moore-starring, Coralie Fargeat-directed body horror “The Substance," which made a splash at the Cannes Film Festival, brought in US$3.1 million on limited screens in its first weekend for the sixth spot.
The Daily Wire movie “Am I Racist?†— in which conservative columnist Matt Walsh goes undercover as a “DEI trainee†— stayed in the top 10 after a fourth place finish last week, earning US$2.9 million for seventh place and a two-week total of US$9 million.
