“Terrifier 3” tops N. American box office on opening weekend

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — Iconic Events’ presentation of “Terrifier 3” topped the North American box office on its opening weekend with an estimated three-day cume of 18.26 million U.S. dollars, data from the measurement firm Comscore showed on Sunday.
The low-budget slasher film is the sequel to 2022’s “Terrifier 2” and the third installment in the Terrifier franchise. Directed by Damien Leone, the film follows a killer clown set to unleash chaos on an unsuspecting town as its residents peacefully drift to sleep on Christmas Eve.
“Terrifier 3” has earned a 78-percent approval rating from 80 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and received a “B” grade on an “A+” to “F” scale from audiences polled by the market research firm CinemaScore.
Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation’s animated film “The Wild Robot” came in second on its third weekend with 13.45 million dollars, pushing its North American total to 83.74 million dollars.
Warner Bros. Pictures’ psychological thriller film “Joker: Folie a Deux” landed in third with 7.06 million dollars on its second weekend for a North American cume of 51.61 million dollars through Sunday. ■