'Split,' the latest M Night
Shyamalan
thriller about a man who imprisons three teenage girls in an underground bunker, topped the North American box office for a second week, preliminary Hollywood figures showed today.
The movie, by the Indian-American director also responsible for the '
Sixth Sense
' and other films in the horror genre, stars
James McAvoy as a man with 23 different personalities who preys on three girls. It earned USD 26.3 million in estimated ticket sales this weekend.
Family-friendly 'A Dog's Purpose' about a canine who continually comes back to life as different dogs searching for meaning, raked in some USD 18.4 million in its first week.
The film came in second despite a call by animal lovers for a boycott after video footage emerged of an apparently terrified
German Shepherd
being forced into rushing water on the set. Third
place
went to 'Hidden Figures,' the true-life story of three black women mathematicians who helped
NASA put the first men in space, which sold USD 14.0 million in tickets.
Sci-fi action-thriller 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter' landed in fourth place with USD 13.9 million in its first weekend out. In fifth place was 'La La Land,' a nostalgic tribute to the Golden Age of Hollywood musicals. It earned an estimated USD 12.1 million over the weekend after garnering a boatload of accolades, including a record eight Golden Globes earlier this month.
Rounding out the Top 10 are:
'xXx: Return of Xander Cage' (USD 8.3 million)
'Sing' (USD 6.2 million)
'Rogue One: A
Star Wars
Story' (USD 5.1 million)
'Monster Trucks' (USD 4.1 million)
'
Gold
' (USD 3.5 million)
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