#BOXOFFICE: “NOVOCAINE” EDGES “MICKEY 17” FOR TOP SPOT

NOVOCAINE debuts atop the Box Office this weekend with $8.5 million from 3,365 theatres for Paramount Pictures. The Action Comedy starring Jack Quaid gets 81% on the Tomatometer, his second acclaimed release this year, the other being COMPANION.

MICKEY 17 takes top spot again at the Box Office on a slower weekend, with $7.6 million from 3,807 theatres for Warner Bros., taking it to $33.3 million over two weeks.

Steven Soderbergh‘s BLACK BAG debuts in third with $7 million from 2,705 theatres, with a very impressive 97% on the Tomatometer, for Focus Features/Universal Pictures.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD gets fourth spot with $5.3 million, taking the Disney/Marvel release to $185 million.

THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE rounds things out, debuting with $3.1 million, a tally of $41 million for Warner Bros. It gets 86% on the Tomatometer.