UNIVERSAL’s kid-oriented comedy Good Boys topped the North American box office after taking in US$21.4 million on its opening weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Aug 19.
It was the first time an R-rated comedy had placed No. 1 since the same studio’s Melissa McCarthy film The Boss in early 2016, according to Hollywood Reporter.
Good Boys, produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, follows three 12-year-olds –played by Brady Noon, Jacob Tremblay and Keith L. Williams – as they desperately try to get into a kissing party.
The three-day weekend was a good one for Universal, as last week’s top movie Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw –starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jason Statham – slipped just one spot from first to second, taking in US$14.2 million.
In third spot for a second straight week, showing considerable staying power, was Disney’s The Lion King, at US$12.3 million. Its all-star voice cast includes Rogen, Donald Glover, Beyonce, James Earl Jones and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Sony’s new animation The Angry Birds Movie 2 placed fourth, at US$10.4 million. That was a big drop from the original Angry Birds movie, which opened in May 2016 at US$38.2 million.
And in fifth was Lionsgate’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, at US$10 million. Based on the children’s horror books, it stars Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza and Gabriel Rush.
Rounding out the weekend’s top 10 were: Dora & the Lost City of Gold (US$8.6 million); 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (US$8.4 million); Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood (US$7.7 million); The Art of Racing in the Rain (US$4.6 million); and Blinded by the Light (US$4.3 million)- AFP