LOS ANGELES, Sept 24 — Beetlejuice Beetlejuice , the dark comedy about a ghoulish spirit summoned when his name is called three times, has landed its third week at the top of the North American box office, industry watchers said Sunday. The long-awaited Tim Burton follow-up to the popular 1988 original took in US$26 million (RM108 million) in the Friday-through-Sunday period, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations estimated. Michael Keaton again incarnates the creepily hilarious title character, in a cast including Beetlejuice veterans Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara, plus newcomers Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci and Willem Dafoe.
Not far behind, animated action film Transformers One , the latest installment in the franchise based on the 1980s toy line, earned US$25 million in its debut weekend. Its all-star cast of voice actors, including Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry and Scarlett Johansson, take audiences on a journey through the Autobots’ origins. Third place went to Speak No Evil , a new psychological horror film from Blumhouse and Universal Pictures, which took in US$5.
9 million. In fourth at US$4.5 million was horror-thriller Never Let Go ,” starring Halle Berry as a mother protecting her two sons, all of whom must remain tethered via rope to a house in the woods to keep safe from the evil that lurks outside.
And in fifth, down two spots from the prior week, was superhero comedy Deadpool & Wolverine , at US$3.9 million. Rounding out the top 1.
