Los Angeles (AFP)
The witch "Maleficent" dispossessed this weekend the sinister "Joker" of the first place of a North American box office already passed on Halloween, according to the provisional figures released Sunday by the specialized company Exhibitor Relations.
"Maleficent: The Power of Evil" has raised $ 36 million from Friday to Sunday in theaters in the United States and Canada.
Famous Disney Witch, starring Jolie Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer as Angelina Jolie, is back five years after the first installment - which was twice as profitable - for an oscillating film between good and bad.
It dethrones another ripped character, the "Joker", and its descent into hell brought to the screen by a huge Joaquin Phoenix.
In the lead for two weeks, Batman's best enemy fell to second place despite his $ 29.2 million in weekend receipts.
Another novelty - and another sequel - completes the podium with $ 26.7 million: "Back to Zombieland", half-comedy, half-horror movie about a world infested with zombies, which is tackling a cast rich in stars (Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg ...).
Also in season as Halloween approaches (31 October), the new adventures of "The Addams Family", animated film version this time, complete this remote quartet (16.1 million), in front of "Gemini" Man "and his 8.5 million.
This action movie with Will Smith was directed by Ang Lee, who is credited with "The Brokeback Mountain Secret" (2005) and "Tiger and Dragon" (2000).
Here is the rest of the Top 10:
6. "Abominable": $ 3.5 million ($ 53.9 million in four weeks);
7. "Downton Abbey": 3.1 million (88.6 million in five weeks);
8. "Judy": 2.1 million (19 million in four weeks);
9. "Queens": 2.1 million (101.9 million in six weeks);
10. "That: Chapter 2": 1.5 million (209.7 million in seven weeks).
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