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Horror flick “Send Help” debuted atop the North American box office at $20 million, industry estimates showed Sunday, as Melania Trump’s new documentary bested expectations.<\/p>\n
20th Century’s “Send Help” stars Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien as a woman and her boss trying to survive on a deserted island after their plane crashes.<\/p>\n
It marks a return to the genre for director Sam Raimi, who first made his name in the 1980s with the “Evil Dead” films.<\/p>\n
“This is an excellent opening for an original horror film,” said analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research. “This is terrific, broad-appeal entertainment.”<\/p>\n
Debuting in second place was sci-fi thriller “Iron Lung” at $18 million, Exhibitor Relations reported.<\/p>\n
The video game adaptation written, directed and financed by YouTube star Mark Fischbach, known by his pseudonym Markiplier, is a post-apocalyptic adventure.<\/p>\n
“Melania,” Amazon MGM’s documentary about the first lady, opened in third place with a better-than-expected $7 million in ticket sales.<\/p>\n
“As good as this opening is for a documentary, for any other film, with $75 million in costs and limited foreign potential, it would be a problem,” Gross said.<\/p>\n
“But this is a political investment, not a for-profit movie venture,” he added. “$75 million is insignificant to Amazon.”<\/p>\n
Disney’s Oscar-nominated animated film “Zootopia 2” kept chugging, finishing in fourth place at $5.8 million in the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n
Opening in fifth place was action thriller “Shelter” starring Jason Statham with a disappointing $5.5 million.<\/p>\n
Rounding out the top 10 are:<\/p>\n
“Mercy” ($4.7 million)<\/p>\n
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” ($3.5 million)<\/p>\n
“The Housemaid” ($3.5 million)<\/p>\n
“Marty Supreme” ($2.9 million)<\/p>\n
“28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” ($1.6 million)<\/p>\n
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