Stephen King’s IT took back the box-office crown this weekend, marking the third of four weekends since its release where it has been at the top.
The film scared off Tom Cruise and Doug Liman’s American Made which earned solid reviews and was coming off good business of over $64 million overseas, but opened to just $17.3 million in the U.S. – Cruise’s worst wide release since A Few Good Men opened in the early 1990s. Made on just a $50 million budget it will end up turning a profit.
Last week’s top spot holder Kingsman: The Golden Circle slipped to third while adding $17 million to its box office haul.
Dead on arrival was the Flatliners remake which was expected to flop and did so with just $6.7 million. The better reviewed Battle Of The Sexes only took in $3.4 million and sixth place despite 1,200 screen opening.
The Liam Neeson-led Mark Felt and the late Harry Dean Stanton’s Lucky were mostly ignored.
