The Warner Bros movie starring Julia Garner (“Ozark”) and Josh Brolin (“Avengers: Infinity War”) tells the story of the mysterious disappearance of a group of children from the same school class.
Analyst David A Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research called it a “strong” week-two performance, especially in a quiet summer weekend at the movies in the United States and Canada.
Holding in second place was Disney’s “Freakier Friday” starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, the much-anticipated sequel to the 2003 body-swapping family film, at US$14.5 million, Exhibitor Relations said.
Debuting in third place was Universal action sequel “Nobody 2”, starring Bob Odenkirk of “Better Call Saul” fame, at US$9.3 million.
“Critics like this story about a workaholic assassin trying to take a vacation with his family while getting caught up in trouble. Reviews and audience scores are both very good,” Gross said.
“The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” Disney’s reboot of the Marvel Comics franchise, dropped to fourth place at US$8.8 million.
Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Emmy winner Ebon Moss-Bachrach star as the titular team of superheroes, who must save a retro-futuristic world from the evil Galactus.
Universal’s family-friendly animation sequel “The Bad Guys 2”, about a squad of goofy animal criminals actually doing good in their rebranded lives, dropped to fifth, earning US$7.5 million.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
- “Superman” (US$5.3 million)
- “The Naked Gun” (US$4.8 million)
- “Jurassic World: Rebirth” (US$2.9 million)
- “F1: The Movie” (US$2.7 million)
- “Coolie” (US$2.4 million)