“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” scored a surprise win at the box office in its third weekend, grossing $26 million to edge out the opening of “Transformers One,” according to industry estimates released Sunday.
“Transformers One” grossed $25 million at theaters in the United States and Canada, Comscore reported. The latest installment of the franchise about shape-shifting robots is fully animated, and its opening week total suggests that it will fall below the blockbuster grosses of its live-action predecessors.
The horror film “Speak No Evil” was third with $5.9 million Friday through Sunday in its second weekend.
Fourth place went to the thriller “Never Let Go,” which opened with $4.5 million, followed by “Deadpool & Wolverine” with $3.9 million in its ninth weekend.
Rounding out the top 10 domestic releases were “The Substance” ($3.1 million), “Am I Racist?” ($2.5 million), “Reagan” ($1.6 million), “Jung Kook: I Am Still” ($1.4 million) and “Alien: Romulus” ($1.3 million).
This weekend’s overall three-day box office haul was estimated at $82 million. The year-to-date total is $6.192 billion — down 12% from the figure at this time last year, according to Comscore.
