MOVIE NEWS – The Tom Hardy movie obliterated October’ opening weekend box office record!

While the movie was trashed by the critics, it still earned over $80 million in the US and $125.2 million overseas for a massive total of $205.2 million worldwide. The superhero flick with Tom Hardy effortlessly took the number one spot and broke the record for highest October debut in box office history, beating the previous winner, Gravity by over 43 per cent. The debut of Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga’s A Star Is Born, took the number two place this weekend was and which took in $41.2 million. Both movies came in well above their initial predictions.

Smallfoot received in $14.9 million this weekend, which was enough to take the number three box office position. The animated movie with the voices of Channing Tatum, Zendaya, James Cordon, LeBron James, Danny DeVito, and Common. Night School with Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish’s fell over 55 per cent from last weekend, earning $12.2 million and taking the number four spot at this weekend’s box office.

Eli Roth’s The House With A Clock In Its Walls fell two spots to number five this weekend, having brought in $7.2 million. The Jack Black-led film has been getting positive reviews from critics, but only holds a 67 per cent Fresh Rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The number six spot went to A Simple Favor, which earned $3.4 million this weekend. The movie stars Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick and has brought in over $76.4 million worldwide since its debut four weeks ago.

The Nun took in $2.6 million this weekend, which was enough for the seventh spot. The horror movie has been a huge success at the box office since its debut and has earned over $346.6 million worldwide to date. Hell Fest brought in just over $2 million this weekend, taking the number eight spot. The horror film hasn’t been doing so hot with fans and critics, but it’s still at this weekend’s top ten.

Crazy Rich Asians also made a little over $2 million at this weekend’s box office, which was enough to take the number nine spot. The movie earned over $225.9 million worldwide since its debut, with most of that money coming from North America. Shane Black’s The Predator was barely able to hang in with the rest of the top ten but earned $900,000 this weekend, which was enough to take the tenth spot. While this movie has also been trashed by critics, it was able to stay in the top ten for another weekend. You can check out Box Office Mojo for the rest of this weekend’s box office numbers.

 

1              Venom

2              A Star Is Born

3              Smallfoot

4              Night School

5              The House with a Clock in Its Walls

6              A Simple Favor

7              The Nun

8              Hell Fest

9              Crazy Rich Asians

10           The Predator