LOS ANGELES (AP) – Driven by younger audiences, the small-budget horror thriller “Happy Death Day” opened this weekend in the top spot at the box office with $26 million, while “Blade Runner 2049” slid into second place in its second weekend in theaters with $15.5 million.
Jackie Chan’s “The Foreigner” debuted in third place with a higher than expected $13.1 million.
Rounding out the top five were “It,” in fourth with $6 million, and “The Mountain Between Us,” in fifth with $5.8 million.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by comScore:
1. “Happy Death Day,” Universal, $26,039,025, 3,149 locations, $8,269 average, $26,039,025, 1 Week.