‘Ghosts: The Possession of Button House’ Scares Up U.K., Ireland Box Office Win

Lionsgate U.K.’s horror-comedy “Ghosts: The Possession of Button House” debuted at the summit of the U.K. and Ireland box office, collecting £2.4 million ($3.2 million) across its opening weekend.

Warner Bros.’ DC horror thriller “Clayface” opened in second position with $2.6 million. Amazon MGM Studios’ comedy feature “Ali G: Who Iz I?” claimed third place, generating $1.7 million in its debut session.

Black Bear’s animated fantasy “Wildwood,” directed by Travis Knight, secured fourth spot with an opening haul of $1.36 million. Paramount’s “Street Fighter,” which led the chart in the previous session, rounded out the top five in its sophomore outing, adding $1.35 million to lift its cumulative total to $5.6 million.

Universal’s animated feature “Forgotten Island” placed sixth in its second weekend, collecting $1.2 million for a cume of $3.7 million. Sony’s psychological thriller “Verity” followed in seventh position in its fourth frame, adding $857,067. The Colleen Hoover adaptation’s running total is now $14.4 million.

Universal’s supernatural horror “Other Mommy” took eighth place in its third session with $576,822, bringing its gross to $6.2 million. Mubi’s “Fatherland” debuted at No. 9, generating $264,083 from 86 locations over the three-day frame with a sturdy $3,144 screen average – the fourth highest average per site among new releases. Including preview screenings, the drama’s total opening reached $415,017, surpassing “Cold War” to mark director Paweł Pawlikowski’s biggest-ever launch in the territory.

Studiocanal’s animated holdover “Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom” rounded out the top 10 in its sixth frame, collecting $408,089 to lift its cume to $6.1 million.

Meanwhile, Mubi’s documentary “Making Marie Antoinette” opened across six sites, taking $1,737 over the weekend for a $24,355 cume. The limited platform bow kicks off a staggered rollout that will expand to additional cinemas ahead of Park Circus’ re-release of Sofia Coppola’s 2006 feature “Marie Antoinette” on Nov. 13.

Looking ahead to the upcoming theatrical frame, mid-week event programming kicks off on Tuesday with Trafalgar Releasing’s broadcast of the Royal Ballet’s “Manon,” followed on Wednesday by music documentary “Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning,” directed by Ben Wainwright-Pearce across 100+ locations.

Wide commercial rollouts arriving on Friday across 300+ locations are led by Disney’s mountain survival documentary “Everest: The Other Side,” directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin; A24’s dark comedy “Primetime,” directed by Lance Oppenheim and starring Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, and Phoebe Bridgers; Black Bear’s comedy “Wicker,” directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, starring Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, and Elizabeth Debicki; and Kaleidoscope Entertainment’s family comedy “Arnie & Barney,” directed by Sean Heuston.

Other releases on Friday include Universal’s comedy “I Love Boosters,” directed by Boots Riley and starring Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Demi Moore, and LaKeith Stanfield; Action Xtreme’s “Bad Day at the Office” across 100+ screens; Munro Films’ documentary feature “Peter Asher: Everywhere Man,” directed by Dayna Goldfine and Daniel Geller across 100+ sites; and “Pan’s Labyrinth” (20th Anniversary 4K Restoration) across 100+ locations.

Specialized, festival, and international titles debuting Friday include BUFF Studios’ “City of Masks,” directed by Andrea M. Catinella; Picturehouse Entertainment’s “Nightborn”; Netflix’s “Gentle Monster,” directed by Marie Kreutzer and starring Léa Seydoux and Catherine Deneuve; Studiocanal’s “Animol”; and Metis Films’ “In the Shadows”. BFI Distribution is releasing a 4K restoration of Ken Russell’s classic “The Devils,” starring Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed across 25+ screens, and Studiocanal is bowing the 25th anniversary 4K re-release of Richard Kelly’s “Donnie Darko,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal across 25+ locations.

The weekend wraps on Saturday with Trafalgar Releasing’s event cinema presentation of “BTS World Tour ‘Arirang’ in Sao Paulo: Live Viewing”.