Coming in third at US$14.9m was Lionsgate’s The Housemaid, a film version of Freida McFadden’s best-selling novel about a young woman (Sydney Sweeney) who is hired by a wealthy couple (Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar) with dark secrets.
Marty Supreme, A24’s period sports drama starring Timothee Chalamet, finished in fourth place with US$12.6m.
Anaconda, the new meta comedy action flick starring Paul Rudd and Jack Black as friends trying to reboot the original 1997 horror film, finished in fifth place with US$10m.
Rounding out the top 10 are:
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (US$8.2m)
David (US$8m)
Song Sung Blue (US$5.8m)
Wicked: For Good (US$3.3m)
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (US$2.7)
-Agence France-Presse