Lionsgate U.K.'s horror-comedy "Ghosts: The Possession of Button House" launched in first place at the U.K. and Ireland box office, earning £2.4 million ($3.2 million) over its opening weekend.
Warner Bros.' DC horror thriller "Clayface" debuted in second place with $2.6 million. Amazon MGM Studios' comedy "Ali G: Who Iz I?" took third with $1.7 million from its first frame, while Black Bear's animated fantasy "Wildwood," directed by Travis Knight, landed fourth with an opening of $1.36 million.
Paramount's "Street Fighter," the previous weekend's chart leader, fell to fifth in its second outing. It added $1.35 million, bringing its cumulative total to $5.6 million. Universal's animated title "Forgotten Island" was sixth in its second weekend with $1.2 million, for a running total of $3.7 million.
Sony's psychological thriller "Verity" ranked seventh in its fourth weekend, earning $857,067. The adaptation of the Colleen Hoover novel has now taken $14.4 million. Universal's supernatural horror "Other Mommy" was eighth in its third session with $576,822, lifting its gross to $6.2 million.
Mubi's drama "Fatherland" entered at No. 9, collecting $264,083 from 86 locations across the three-day weekend. Its screen average of $3,144 was the fourth highest among new releases. With preview screenings included, the film's opening total reached $415,017, which beat "Cold War" and made it director Paweł Pawlikowski's biggest launch in the territory. Studiocanal's animated holdover "Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom" closed out the top 10 in its sixth weekend, adding $408,089 for a cume of $6.1 million.
Elsewhere, Mubi's documentary "Making Marie Antoinette" opened at six sites and took $1,737 over the weekend, for a cume of $24,355. The limited debut starts a staggered rollout that will reach more cinemas before Park Circus re-releases Sofia Coppola's 2006 film "Marie Antoinette" on Nov. 13.
Attention now turns to the coming week. Mid-week event screenings begin on Tuesday with Trafalgar Releasing's broadcast of the Royal Ballet's "Manon," followed on Wednesday by the music documentary "Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning," directed by Ben Wainwright-Pearce, at more than 100 locations.
Wide releases opening Friday at more than 300 locations include Disney's mountain survival documentary "Everest: The Other Side," directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, and A24's dark comedy "Primetime," directed by Lance Oppenheim and starring Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo and Phoebe Bridgers. Also arriving are Black Bear's comedy "Wicker," directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, with Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage and Elizabeth Debicki, and Kaleidoscope Entertainment's family comedy "Arnie & Barney," directed by Sean Heuston.
Other Friday openings include Universal's comedy "I Love Boosters," directed by Boots Riley and starring Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Demi Moore and LaKeith Stanfield. Restored classics also return: BFI Distribution releases a 4K restoration of Ken Russell's "The Devils," and Studiocanal brings back Richard Kelly's "Donnie Darko" for its 25th anniversary. Trafalgar Releasing closes the weekend on Saturday with the event cinema presentation "BTS World Tour 'Arirang' in Sao Paulo: Live Viewing."
