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Neither a Jordan Peele-produced horror<\/a> nor a Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell romantic drama were enough to continue the September hot streak<\/a> at the movies. After back-to-back weekends that had films majorly overperforming, first \u201cThe Conjuring: Last Rights\u201d<\/a> followed by the anime \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle,\u201d<\/a> the North American box office slowed significantly.<\/p>\n Overall ticket sales were down nearly 50% from last weekend, with the holdover champion \u201cDemon Slayer\u201d edging out the newcomer \u201cHim\u201d for first place, according to studio estimates Sunday. Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures\u2019 \u201cDemon Slayer\u201d added $17.3 million over the weekend, bringing its total to $104.7 million, which makes it the highest grossing anime film ever in North America.<\/p>\n The football horror \u201cHim\u201d<\/a> opened in second place with an estimated $13.5 million in ticket sales. Universal Pictures opened \u201cHim\u201d in 3,168 North American theaters, where the audience was 52% male and 65% over the age of 25. Internationally, it earned $400,000.<\/p>\n Produced by Peele\u2019s Monkeypaw and directed by Justin Tipping, \u201cHim\u201d is about a promising young quarterback (Tyriq Withers) who is invited to train with a veteran (Marlon Wayans) at an isolated compound.<\/p>\n \u201cHim\u201d scored with neither critics (it carries a 29% on Rotten Tomatoes) nor audiences, who gave the film a C- CinemaScore. In his review for The Associated Press, film writer Jake Coyle wrote that the film \u201cwas made with the potent premise of bringing the kind of dark, satirical perspective that characterizes a Monkeypaw production to our violent national pastime. But that promise gets fumbled in an allegorical chamber play that grows increasingly tedious.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHim\u201d was also nearly upstaged by another horror, \u201cThe Conjuring: Last Rights,\u201d which made an estimated $13 million in its third weekend. With a global total of $400 million, it\u2019s now the biggest film in the Conjuring universe.<\/p>\n In addition to \u201cDemon Slayer,\u201d Sony had a new film this weekend as well: The original romance \u201cA Big Bold Beautiful Journey,\u201d starring Robbie and Farrell, but that fizzled with audiences, earning only $3.5 million from 3,300 locations. It also received largely negative reviews and currently has a 37% on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n In its second weekend, \u201cDownton Abbey: The Grand Finale\u201d<\/a> added another $6.3 million, bringing its running total to $31.6 million. The Stephen King adaptation \u201cThe Long Walk\u201d is also estimating $6.3 million in weekend two, down only 46% from its opening. Its domestic total of $22.7 million has already exceeded its production budget of $20 million (though that sum does not account for marketing and promotion).<\/p>\n Ron Howard\u2019s 1995 hit \u201cApollo 13\u201d played in 200 theaters this weekend for its 30th anniversary as well. It made an estimated $600,000.<\/p>\n Next weekend there is excitement surrounding the new Paul Thomas Anderson film \u201cOne Battle After Another,”<\/a> although his biggest hit to date remains the 2007 film \u201cThere Will Be Blood,\u201d which made just over $76 million worldwide, not accounting for inflation. <\/p>\n And right on its heels is a very different kind of cinema experience: AMC Theaters is hosting a release party for Taylor Swift\u2019s<\/a> 12th studio album, \u201c The Life of a Showgirl<\/a>.” The 90-minute show, aptly titled \u201cThe Official Release Party of a Showgirl,\u201d will play at all 540 AMC theaters in the U.S. from Oct. 3 through Oct. 5.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source abcnews.go.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Neither a Jordan Peele-produced horror nor a Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell romantic drama were enough to continue the September hot streak at the movies. 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