“Black Adam”, starring Dwayne Johnson, leads the box office in the United States and Canada

The new movie from Warner Bros. “Black Adam” outperformed all competition this weekend, leading the US and Canadian box office with an estimated $67 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.

“Black Adam,” a superhero story spin-off from “Shazam” (2019), stars Dwayne Johnson as the titular villain, a former slave endowed with miraculous powers by ancient Egyptian gods.

“As a spin-off, this is a great opening,” said David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research, adding that it was a “positive and firm step forward for DC Comics”generator of many superhero movies.

Coming in a distant second was another release, “A Passage to Paradise,” from Universal, with $16.3 million for the Friday-Sunday period. Previously released overseas, it had already grossed $80 million outside of North America.

“This is a very good domestic opening for a romantic comedy,” Gross said. It stars two of Hollywood’s biggest stars, George Clooney and Julia Roberts, as a feuding, divorced couple who fly to Hawaii to try to sabotage their daughter’s wedding.

With Halloween fast approaching, the next two movies were horror films. Paramount’s “Smile” dropped one spot from last weekend to third, grossing $8.4 million. In it, Sosie Bacon plays a therapist whose understanding of reality is shaken by a horrible event.

Next up was Universal’s gory movie “Halloween: The Final Night,” starring Jamie Lee Curtis, which fell sharply from $41.3 million at the box office its opening weekend to just $8 million. dollars on this.

In fifth place was Sony’s “Lilo the Crocodile,” the family-friendly animated musical comedy, with $4.2 million. Overall, it was a good weekend for Hollywood, with combined revenue topping $100 million..

The list of the ten highest grossing was completed with:

• “The Woman King” ($1.9 million)
• “Terrifier 2″ ($1.9 million)
• “Don’t Worry, Honey” ($880,000)
• “Amsterdam” ($818,000)
• Triangle of Sadness ($600,000)