Box Office: Tyler Perry's 'Boo 2!' Tops Downbeat Weekend With $21.7 Million
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Tyler Perry has prevented a disaster at the box office with the opening of Lionsgate's comedy sequel "Boo 2! A Madea Halloween" scaring up a solid $21.7 million at 2,388 North American locations.
That was pretty much the limit of good news at the nation's multiplexes, where moviegoers gave limited support to a quartet of new arrivals — weather-disaster title "
Geostorm," firefighter hero tale "Only the Brave," murder mystery "
The Snowman" and faith-based drama "Same Kind of Different as Me."
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Warner Bros.' "
Geostorm," starring Gerard Butler, is finishing a distant second place with about $13.3 million at 3,246 venues — at the top end of modest forecasts but a major disappointment given the film's estimated $100 million budget, financed by Warner Bros. and Skydance Media. Movieigoers gave "
Geostorm" a B- CinemaScore. The timing of the release, with hurricanes hitting hard in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico over the past two months, probably dampened enthusiam.
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Universal's "
The Snowman," finished far below forecasts with $3.5 million at 1,812 venues.
"The Snowman," centered on the hunt for a Norwegian serial killer, fell flat with audiences, who gave it a D CinesmaScore while critics panned the movie with a 9% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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After a record-setting September that was dominated by "It," the first three weeks of October have generated a disappointing $430 million domestically — down 11.9% from a year ago and the lowest total for the same period since 2008, according to comScore.
