#BOXOFFICE: “THE MARTIAN” IS OUT OF THIS WORLD IN DEBUT

In an incredible debut, 20th Century Fox‘s THE MARTIAN opens out of this world with $55 million from 3,831 theatres.  The Fantasy-Adventure by Sir Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon, gets an A CinemaScore and a phenomenal 94% on the Tomatometer from Critics. The TIFF ’15 selection was made for $108 million, only second to 2001’s Hannibal for the Director, which opened back then with $58 million.

In second is last week’s champ, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 with an impressive $31.7 million from  3,754 theatres in its second week out for Sony Pictures.

SICARIO expands to 2,620 theatres this weekend, earning $11.8 million, good enough for third.  The Thriller from Canadian Director Denis Villeneuve debuted at TIFF ’15 last month to rave reviews. Critics gave it 93% on the Tomatometer, while Audiences gave it an A- CinemaScore, which likely will give it legs to go on in coming weeks.

THE INTERN ranks in fourth with $11.6 million for Warner Bros. in its second week out.  Thus far it has made $36.6 million domestically.

BLACK MASS is in sixth with $5.8 million for Warner Bros., now in its third week out.  It has grossed $52 million thus far in these parts.

THE PERFECT GUY rounds-out the Top Ten for Sony Pictures with $2.2 million in its fourth week out, just surpassing the $50-million mark in North America.

Notable in eleventh is THE WALK which opens in 448 theatres across the continent with $1.7 million for Sony Pictures.