Button House pulls in £2.4M in UK opening weekend

Lionsgate U.K. released a new horror-comedy titled Ghosts: The Possession of Button House this past weekend. The film collected £2.4 million, which equals approximately $3.2 million. That total placed the title at the top of the box office chart for the U.K. and Ireland.

Warner Bros. placed its DC horror thriller Clayface in second position. The film earned $2.6 million in its debut. Amazon MGM Studios followed in third with its comedy Ali G: Who Iz I?, which took in $1.7 million.

Black Bear’s animated fantasy Wildwood held the fourth spot. Directed by Travis Knight, the film opened with $1.36 million. Paramount’s Street Fighter dropped from first to fifth in its second weekend. It added $1.35 million to reach a cumulative total of $5.6 million.

Universal’s animated feature Forgotten Island ranked sixth in its second week. It collected $1.2 million, bringing its total to $3.7 million. Sony’s psychological thriller Verity placed seventh in its fourth frame. The Colleen Hoover adaptation added $857,067 to its running total, which now stands at $14.4 million.

Universal’s supernatural horror Other Mommy took eighth place in its third session. It earned $576,822, lifting its gross to $6.2 million. Mubi’s Fatherland debuted at number nine. The drama played at 86 locations and generated $264,083 over three days. That figure represents a screen average of $3,144. Including preview screenings, the total opening reached $415,017. This marks the biggest launch in the territory for director Paweł Pawlikowski, surpassing his previous effort Cold War.

Studiocanal’s animated holdover Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom finished the top ten. In its sixth frame, it collected $408,089. Its cumulative total is now $6.1 million. Mubi’s documentary Making Marie Antoinette opened on six sites. It took $1,737 over the weekend for a total of $24,355. This limited release starts a staggered rollout ahead of Park Circus re-releasing Sofia Coppola’s 2006 feature Marie Antoinette on November 13.

Mid-week event programming begins Tuesday with Trafalgar Releasing’s broadcast of the Royal Ballet’s Manon. On Wednesday, the music documentary Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning opens across more than 100 locations. The film is directed by Ben Wainwright-Pearce. Wide commercial rollouts arrive Friday across more than 300 locations. Disney’s mountain survival documentary Everest: The Other Side leads the group. It is directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. A24’s dark comedy Primetime also opens Friday. Directed by Lance Oppenheim, it stars Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, and Phoebe Bridgers. Black Bear’s comedy Wicker is directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson. It stars Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, and Elizabeth Debicki. Kaleidoscope Entertainment’s family comedy Arnie & Barney, directed by Sean Heuston, completes the major Friday releases.

Other Friday titles include Universal’s comedy I Love Boosters. Directed by Boots Riley, it stars Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Demi Moore, and LaKeith Stanfield. Action Xtreme’s Bad Day at the Office opens on more than 100 screens. Munro Films’ documentary Peter Asher: Everywhere Man is directed by Dayna Goldfine and Daniel Geller. It plays on more than 100 sites. A 4K restoration of Pan’s Labyrinth also returns to more than 100 locations. Specialized and festival titles debuting Friday include BUFF Studios’ City of Masks, directed by Andrea M. Catinella. Picturehouse Entertainment releases Nightborn. Netflix’s Gentle Monster is directed by Marie Kreutzer and stars Léa Seydoux and Catherine Deneuve. Studiocanal’s Animol and Metis Films’ In the Shadows also debut. BFI Distribution releases a 4K restoration of Ken Russell’s The Devils on more than 25 screens. It stars Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed. Studiocanal bows the 25th anniversary 4K re-release of Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko on more than 25 locations. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal. The weekend concludes Saturday with Trafalgar Releasing’s event cinema presentation of BTS World Tour 'Arirang' in Sao Paulo: Live Viewing.