With Halloween just around the corner, "Ouija" had a clear advantage this weekend.
Clearly, moviegoers are already getting into the Halloween spirit this weekend and the not-so-highly rated horror flick Ouija reigns supreme at the box office. After a highly contested weekend, the film about a group of high-schoolers, who get into trouble after an attempt to contact their dead friend checked in with $20 million. Meanwhile, the Keanu Reeves starrer John Wick (a Tom Cruise-style action flick, except with less plot) came out of nowhere to score second place with $14,1 million (stats according to Box Office Mojo).
Watch the Ouija trailer below... if you dare.
Fury, riding on favourable reviews and Brad Pitt-heavy marketing, ended up third, but it was a close race. The psychological war drama… thing checked in with $13 million. This brings Fury’s total to an impressive $46 million – not a great performance outside the winter season, but with a great fan approval rating (90% of fans liked it, according to Rotten Tomatoes) and great critical performance (77% “fresh”) it’s already gathering some early Oscar buzz.
More: Could Fury Really Win The Oscar For Best Picture In 2015?
Brad Pitt is steadily advancing that tank towards Oscars 2015.
The rest of this week’s top five is mostly made up of last week’s leftovers. David Fincher's Gone Girl, starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, is still performing well in its fourth week, earning $11.1 million on Friday, with cumulative earnings at $124 million. Finally, the beautiful animation The Book of Life came in fifth with $9,8 million in its second week, bringing its cume to $29,9 million.
Keanu Reeves picks up his supremely efficient hitman immediately where the 2015 original left him:...
John Wick returns for round two some time after being forced back into the criminal...
Former hitman John Wick is in Rome following events in the first movie where he...
Mike Lassiter finds himself being put on trial for the murder of his father. The...
The Neon Demon follows the journey of its protagonist Jesse (Elle Fanning) when she makes...
Rell has just broken up with his partner and he's in a complete self-absorbed world....
Scotty Galban and his partner Joey are New York City cops, whilst Scotty usually sticks...
Evan Webber is a loving father facing a Father's Day weekend alone with nothing but...
There have been so many awful revenge thrillers lately that we've almost forgotten that it's...
Indie filmmaking is one of the best niches to find super-talented directors and writers; and...
John Wick was one of the criminal underground's finest hitmen until the untimely death of...
Richard Linklater is well known in the film industry as one of the stand out...