Los Angeles (AFP)
The intrepid players of "Jumanji: The Next Level", have dethroned Queen Elsa at the head of the North American box office, according to provisional figures published Sunday by the specialized company Exhibitor Relations.
The adventure film, continuation of "Jumanji: Welcome to the jungle" (2017), on teenagers lost in a video game with among others The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) and Jack Black, earned $ 60 million from Friday to Sunday for its release in dark theaters in the United States and Canada. He steals the show at "Frozen 2", who petrified three weeks during the head of the box office.
The Disney animated film still pocketed $ 19.1 million from Friday to Sunday, bringing all of its North American revenues to $ 366 million since its release.
In a completely different register, the police comedy "A couteaux tirés", with Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis and Chris Evans, slipped to the third step of the podium. The film, which stages an incredible investigation after the death of an octogenarian author of thrillers, raised $ 9.2 million for its third week in the cinema, for a total of 79 million.
"The Richard Jewell Case", released in theaters this week, is fourth with five million dollars. This thriller is inspired by the story of this former police officer celebrated as a hero for having found the backpack containing an explosive device in Atlanta during the 1996 Summer Olympics, then wrongly suspected of being the author of this attack. avoided.
Black Christmas, the second remake of a Canadian horror film about a murder in a university sorority, won fifth place at the box office for its release. He won $ 4.4 million.
Here's the rest of the Top 10:
6- "Le Mans 66": $ 4.1 million (98.2 million in five weeks)
7- "Queen & Slim": 3.6 million (33.1 in three weeks)
8- "An extraordinary friend": 3.3 million (49.3 million in four weeks)
9- "Dark Waters": 2 million (8.8 million in four weeks)
10- "Manhattan Lockdown": 1.2 million (26.3 in four weeks).
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