‘Madea Halloween’ sequel takes No 1, ‘Geostorm’ flops

Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween has scared up a healthy audience in its first weekend in theatres. Studio estimates on Sunday say the comedy sequel earned $21.7 million (Dh79.68 million) from 2,388 theatres to easily take first place.

In second place is the long-delayed disaster epic Geostorm, which opened to a dismal $13.3 million against a reported $120 million production budget. Gerard Butler stars in the film from first-time director Dean Devlin, who produced Independence Day.

Holdovers took third and fourth places, with Happy Death Day bringing in $9.4 million and Blade Runner 2049 adding $7.2 million.