There was a murder at the box federal agency over the weekend , as Art the Clown killed Arthur Fleck . The Wild Robotwas an accessory after the fact asJoker : Folie à Deux‘s abbreviated stretch at No . 1 came to an terminal . TheJokersequel was unseated byTerrifier 3 , the indie repugnance franchise featuring David Howard Thornton as the nonparallel sea wolf known as Art the Clown . This continuation not only outstrip projections with $ 18.3 million , assign it forward of all other movies this weekend , but it earned more thanTerrifier 2‘s lifetime 144 of $ 15.7 million .
DreamWorks Animation’sThe Wild Robotfinished in second place with $ 13.45 million , bringing its domesticated total to $ 83.7 million . Meanwhile , Joker : Folie à Deuxfell 81 % from its disappointing $ 37 million porta to only $ 7.55 million , which narrowly give it third shoes . It ’s a ruinous fall for the film , which now has $ 51.6 million domestically against a $ 200 million budget and a tumid advertising budget as well . This movie is going to lose a lot of money for Warner Bros. , with the only question being how much .
At No . 4,Beetlejuice Beetlejuiceremains the megahit of the season with a $ 275.6 million total after adding another $ 7.05 million from Friday to Sunday . That might be some pocket-sized consolation for Warner Bros. after theJoker 2debacle . Meanwhile , the Pharrell Williams Lego - biopicPiece by Piecefailed to gain much traction as it rounded out the top 5 with only $ 3.8 million in its scuttle bow .
alas , the prospect is not very good forTransformers : One , which had only $ 3.65 million in sixth place , and a pocket-size $ 52.8 million total to engagement . After its soft opening a few calendar week ago , Paramount held out Leslie Townes Hope that the critically acclaimed prequel might happen some grip with hearing . or else , it ’s dropping fairly apace .
Sony’sSaturday Night Liveorigin flick , Saturday Night , finally spread wide in its third weekend to $ 3.4 million , put it in seventh place . That brings its total to $ 4.1 million . In 8th position , the anime filmMy Hero Academia : You ’re Nextdid well with $ 3 million . Disney ’s yearly rerelease ofThe Nightmare Before Christmashad $ 2.3 million in 9th plaza , add its lifespan aggregate to $ 89.9 million . The Donald Trump biopic , The Apprentice , closed out the top 10 with only $ 1.58 million . It seems like neither side of the political aisle was all that interested in watch the film .
This week mark the first time since its loss in late July that Marvel’sDeadpool & Wolverinefell out of the top 10 , which capped off its $ 635.2 million domestic footrace and its $ 1.333 billion universal take , both of which are records for radius - rated films . There are only two more comic book - associate film come in the rest of 2024,Venom : The Last DanceandKraven the Hunter , but only the former is expected to be a hit .
