‘Black Adam' Rocks To Top Of Box Office With $67 Million Opening Over Weekend

By Elizabeth Ireland, Times of San Diego

October 24, 2022

The Rock has knocked Michael Myers from atop the box office heap as “Black Adam” opened with $67 million to lead all films in North America, according to industry estimates released Sunday.

The DC Comics adaptation beat out another film opening this week, the Julia Roberts-George Clooney vehicle “Ticket to Paradise,” which took in $16.3 million Friday through Sunday at theaters in the United States and Canada, Comscore reported.

Horror films took the next two spots with Halloween weekend fast approaching. “Smile” was third with $8.3 million in its fourth week in theaters. “Halloween Ends” slipped to fourth place with $8 million, one week after opening in first place with over $41 million.

Fifth place went to family film “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile,” which grossed $4.2 million in its third week.

Rounding out the top 10 domestic releases, as estimated by Comscore, were “The Woman King” ($1.9 million), “Terrifier 2” ($1.89 million), “Don’t Worry Darling” ($880,000), “Amsterdam” ($818,000) and “Triangle of Sadness” ($600,000).

City News Service contributed to this article.

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