Sci-fi thriller Mercy, starring Chris Pratt, debuted atop the North American box office with $11 million in ticket sales, ending the five-week reign of Avatar: Fire and Ash, industry estimates showed Sunday.
Pratt plays a man on trial for murdering his wife in the Amazon MGM Studios film, with his fate in the hands of an artificial intelligence judge.
Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third installment in James Cameron’s blockbuster fantasy series, came in second in the United States and Canada with another $7 million, Exhibitor Relations said. That puts its domestic box office haul at $378.5 million, with an additional $1 billion overseas, according to Box Office Mojo.
Disney’s Oscar-nominated animated film Zootopia 2 remained in third place with $5.7 million, crossing the $400 million mark in the United States and Canada.
In fourth place was Lionsgate’s The Housemaid, which earned $4.2 million. The film is an adaptation of Freida McFadden’s best-selling novel about a young woman hired by a wealthy couple with dark secrets. Rounding out the top five was 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, the fourth installment in the zombie horror series, with $3.6 million.
Completing the top 10 were Marty Supreme with $3.5 million, Return to Silent Hill with $3.3 million, a re-release of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring with $2 million, Hamnet with $2 million, and Primate with $1.6 million. AFP
