Button House Haunt Outpulls Clayface in U.K. Opening

Lionsgate U.K.'s horror-comedy 'Ghosts: The Possession of Button House' took the number one position on the U.K. and Ireland box office chart this weekend. The film collected 2.4 million pounds, which converts to 3.2 million dollars, during its opening three days. This performance placed it ahead of major studio releases from Warner Bros. and Amazon MGM Studios.

Warner Bros. released 'Clayface,' a DC horror thriller, which opened in second place. That title generated 2.6 million dollars in its debut session. Amazon MGM Studios followed in third with 'Ali G: Who Iz I?,' a comedy that brought in 1.7 million dollars. Black Bear's animated fantasy 'Wildwood' secured fourth spot with an opening haul of 1.36 million dollars.

Paramount's 'Street Fighter' moved to fifth in its second weekend, adding 1.35 million dollars to its total. The film had led the chart in the previous session. Its cumulative gross now stands at 5.6 million dollars. Universal's 'Forgotten Island' placed sixth in its second outing, earning 1.2 million dollars for a total of 3.7 million dollars.

Sony's 'Verity' ranked seventh in its fourth week, adding 857,067 dollars. The Colleen Hoover adaptation has now grossed 14.4 million dollars. Universal's 'Other Mommy' took eighth place in its third session with 576,822 dollars, bringing its total to 6.2 million dollars. Mubi's 'Fatherland' debuted at number nine.

The drama generated 264,083 dollars from 86 locations. It achieved a screen average of 3,144 dollars per site over the three-day frame. Including preview screenings, the film's opening total reached 415,017 dollars. This surpasses 'Cold War' to mark director Pawel Pawlikowski's biggest launch in the territory. Studiocanal's 'Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom' finished the top ten in its sixth frame with 408,089 dollars.

Mubi also released the documentary 'Making Marie Antoinette' across six sites. The film took 1,737 dollars over the weekend for a total of 24,355 dollars. This limited release starts a staggered rollout ahead of the re-release of Sofia Coppola's 2006 feature on Nov. 13. Trafalgar Releasing will broadcast the Royal Ballet's 'Manon' on Tuesday as a mid-week event.

Wednesday features the music documentary 'Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning' across more than 100 locations. Friday brings wide commercial rollouts across more than 300 locations. Disney's 'Everest: The Other Side' leads that slate, directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. A24's 'Primetime' also opens, starring Robert Pattinson and Phoebe Bridgers.

Other Friday releases include Black Bear's 'Wicker' and Kaleidoscope Entertainment's 'Arnie & Barney.' Universal's 'I Love Boosters' joins the lineup, directed by Boots Riley. The weekend concludes on Saturday with a Trafalgar Releasing event presentation of the BTS World Tour in Sao Paulo.