Lionsgate Horror-Comedy Captures Top Spot With £2.4 Million Opening

Lionsgate U.K. claimed the top position in the British and Irish box office this weekend. The horror-comedy Ghosts: The Possession of Button House generated £2.4 million, equivalent to $3.2 million, during its three-day debut.

Warner Bros. placed second with the DC horror thriller Clayface, which earned $2.6 million in its first run. Amazon MGM Studios held third with the comedy Ali G: Who Iz I?, taking in $1.7 million. Black Bear’s animated fantasy Wildwood, directed by Travis Knight, ranked fourth with $1.36 million.

Paramount’s Street Fighter dropped from first to fifth place in its second week. The film added $1.35 million to its total, bringing its cumulative gross to $5.6 million. Universal’s Forgotten Island sat at number six in its second outing, earning $1.2 million for a total of $3.7 million.

Sony’s psychological thriller Verity reached seventh place in its fourth weekend. The adaptation of the Colleen Hoover novel collected $857,067, raising its lifetime total to $14.4 million. Universal’s Other Mommy moved to eighth in its third session with $576,822, for a gross of $6.2 million.

Mubi’s drama Fatherland debuted at number nine. It collected $264,083 from 86 screens, resulting in a per-screen average of $3,144. Including preview screenings, the opening total reached $415,017. This figure surpasses the launch of Cold War and marks the biggest opening for director Paweł Pawlikowski in the territory. Studiocanal’s Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom finished tenth in its sixth week, adding $408,089 to a total of $6.1 million.

Mubi also released the documentary Making Marie Antoinette at six sites. It earned $1,737 for a cumulative total of $24,355. This limited start precedes a wider rollout before Park Circus re-releases Sofia Coppola’s 2006 film Marie Antoinette on Nov. 13.

Mid-week events begin Tuesday with Trafalgar Releasing’s broadcast of the Royal Ballet’s Manon. Wednesday brings the music documentary Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning, directed by Ben Wainwright-Pearce, to more than 100 locations. Friday’s wide releases include Disney’s Everest: The Other Side and A24’s dark comedy Primetime. Black Bear’s Wicker and Kaleidoscope Entertainment’s Arnie & Barney also open. Universal releases I Love Boosters, while BFI Distribution brings out a 4K restoration of Ken Russell’s The Devils. Studiocanal reissues Donnie Darko for its 25th anniversary. Trafalgar Releasing closes the weekend on Saturday with a live viewing of the BTS World Tour 'Arirang' in Sao Paulo.