‘Angel Has Fallen’ rises to top of N. American box office
LOS ANGELES: Lionsgate’s new action- packed political thriller “Angel Has Fallen” debuted atop the North American box office with an estimated $ 21.3 million in ticket sales, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.
‘ Angel’, which stars Gerard Butler playing a Secret Service agent wrongly accused of trying to kill the president ( Morgan Freeman), is the third film in the franchise.
It also stars Nick Nolte, Piper Perabo and Jada Pinkett Smith.
Last weekend’s leader, Universal’s raunchy tween comedy ‘ Good Boys’, slipped to US$ 11 million but managed to hold onto second spot on a sleepy late-summer weekend.
In third place was another new release, Sony’s ‘Overcomer’, a Christian- themed movie about a former basketball coach ( Alex Kendrick) who agrees half- heartedly to help prepare a young asthmatic orphan girl ( Aryn Wright- Thompson) for a huge cross-country meet.
It took in US$ 8.2 million despite tepid reviews.
Just behind in fourth place was Disney’s updated version of ‘ The Lion King’, which pulled in US$ 8.15 million, bringing its domestic total over six weeks in release to US$ 510.6 million and its global total to more than US$1.5 billion.
Universal’s action film ‘ Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw’ with Dwayne ‘ The Rock’ Johnson and Jason Statham came in fifth, taking in US$ 8.1 million.
Rounding out the weekend’s top 10 were:
‘ Ready or Not’ ( US$ 7.6 million)
‘ The Angry Birds Movie 2’ (US$6.4 million)
‘ Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ (US$6 million)
‘ Dora & the Lost City of Gold’ (US$5.2 million)
‘ Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood’ ( US$ 5 million) — AFP