Box Office 9-29-24

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – “The Wild Robot” opened in first place at the box office, taking in $35 million this weekend to lead all films in North America, according to industry estimates released Sunday.

DreamWorks’ animated tale about a shipwrecked robot beat out “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” which took in $16 million in its fourth weekend in theaters in the United States and Canada, Comscore reported.

“Transformers One” took third place with $9.3 million Friday through Sunday in its second weekend in theaters.

The Telugu-language action film “Devara: Part 1” opened with $5.1 million for fourth place, followed by “Speak No Evil,” which grossed $4.3 million in its third week.

Rounding out the top 10 domestic releases were “Megalopolis” ($4 million), “Deadpool & Wolverine” ($2.6 million), “My Old Ass” ($2.22 million), “Never Let Go” ($2.2 million) and “The Substance” ($1.8 million).

This weekend’s overall three-day box office haul was estimated at $90 million. The year-to-date total is $6.311 billion — down 11% from the figure at this time last year, according to Comscore.

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