#BOXOFFICE: “TERMINATOR: DARK FATE” FINISHES THE COMPETITION IN DEBUT

TERMINATOR: DARK FATE takes the top spot at the Box Office in its debut this weekend with $27.1 million from 4,086 theatres for Paramount Pictures. It gets 69% on the Tomatometer and a B+ CinemaScore.

MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL lands a distant second with $11.2 million from 3,280 theatres of Disney,  a three week total of $82.5 million in North America.

In third is JOKER with $11.2 million for Warner Bros., a five week total of $296.8 million domestically.

HARRIET debuts in fourth for Focus Features/Universal Pictures with $8 million from 2,059 theatres. The TIFF ’19 selection gets a 73% on the Tomatometer and an excellent A+ CinemaScore from Audiences.

ARCTIC DOGS opens in seventh with $5 million from 2,844 theatres for Entertainment Studios. It gets a B- CinemaScore.

THE LIGHTHOUSE in eighth in its second week out with $4.4 million from 978 theatres for A24 Films/VVS Films. 

BLACK AND BLUE rounds it all out wth $3.4 million for Sony Pictures in its second week.