China News Agency, Los Angeles, October 2 (Reporter Zhang Shuo) With another new film "Smile" topping the list, the North American weekend box office rankings for the first time in recent years have seen no box office performance for seven consecutive weeks. Enough to win the championship.

　　North American box office statistics website boxofficemojo.com released film market data on October 2. 32 films earned more than $63.36 million at the North American weekend box office (September 30 to October 2), reporting the highest weekend box office figures since late August this year. .

Still, it remains at the bottom of the 39 weekend count cycles so far in 2022.

　　Paramount Pictures' latest horror film "Dangerous Laughter" debuted on September 30 and easily won the North American weekend box office chart for this issue with an estimated $22 million that exceeded expectations. Best premiere score for a new film.

At present, major film review websites have rated it as 68 on MTC, 75% on Rotten Tomatoes, and B- on CinemaScore.

The film tells the story of a doctor who also experiences horrific events after coming into contact with a strange patient.

Some viewers said that although the plot is a bit cliché, the dense scaring scenes are enough to fill the horror value.

　　Another new face, "Bros", which was released on the same day as "Dangerous Laughter", was well received.

At present, major film review websites have rated it as 77 on MTC, 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, and a high score of A on CinemaScore.

However, the box-office performance of this romantic comedy did not keep pace with its high word-of-mouth, and only ranked fourth on this issue's list with about $4.8 million in its opening weekend.

　　Affected by factors such as the distribution of new films at the box office, despite the slight increase in the number of screening halls of "Don't Worry Darling", the champion of the previous list, its box office dropped by 62% month-on-month in its second release weekend, to about 730 yuan. Ten thousand dollars retreated to the second place in this round.

At present, the total box office of this suspense drama is about 54.71 million US dollars.

"The Woman King", the runner-up in the previous list, dropped to the third place in this round with a weekend box office of about 7 million US dollars, a 36% month-on-month drop.

At present, the total box office of this historical drama action film is about 50.11 million US dollars.

　　In addition, the re-screening fantasy action film "Avatar" (Avatar), thriller horror film "Barbarian", action comedy "Killer Bullet Train" (Bullet Train), animated film "DC Adop Task Force" ( DC League of Super-Pets) and the action drama "Top Gun: Maverick" (Top Gun: Maverick) shared the rest of the top ten at the North American weekend box office.

　　The star-studded historical drama comedy "Amsterdam" will premiere on October 7 in a new week, about a few friends in the 1930s working together to solve a surprising conspiracy.

Written and directed by David O. Russell, the film has been nominated for five Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay, and the cast includes Robert De Niro, Christian Bale, Rami Malek and many other Oscar winners for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.

The animated film "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile" based on the well-known picture book series will also premiere on the same day.

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