Class is in session, my friends.Night Schoolopened with full marks this weekend, earning $28 million from 3,010 locations. DirectorMalcolm D. Lee’s comedy—which stars Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish—topped the opening ofJon M. Chu’sCrazy Rich Asians, which you may remember went on to absolutely dominate the box office for several weeks on its way to $200 million globally.
Night School reteams Lee with producerWill Packerand Universal, the minds behind the surprise hit—and Haddish’s breakout role—Girls Trip.Night Schoolisn’t earning nearly the amount of critical acclaim as that film but audiences seem to be loving it, with the movie sitting pretty with an A- CinemaScore.
Landing in second with a solid $23 million take isSmallfoot, Warner Bros. animated comedy featuring the voices ofChanning Tatum,Danny DeVito,James Corden, and—one more time, in case you forgot—Zendaya. The film follows a tribe of Yetis who encounter a human being for the first time. Almost half the people who showed up forSmallfoot’s were under the age of 25, but fellow kid-flickThe House with a Clock In Its Wallsstill finished out the weekend in third place with $12.5 million, a 53% drop from its opening weekend.
The Nunstill has a prayer, landing in fifth place with $5.4 million. In its fourth weekend, Corin Hardy’s Gothic spookshow beat out the debut of fellow horror film Hell Fest, which opened this weekend with $5 million. That’s a bit tepid, sure, but not exactly something to scream about for CBS Films;Hell Festwas reportedly budgeted at about $5 million.
Check out the weekend’s top 10 estimates below, and check back next weekend to see ofA Star Is Borncan grab the spotlight.
Night School
$28,000,000
$23,020,000
The House With a Clock In Its Walls
$12,510,000
$44,765,225
A Simple Favor
$6,600,000
$43,066,808
$5,435,000
$109,018,048
$5,075,000
Crazy Rich Asians
$4,150,000
$165,681,775
The Predator
$3,700,000
$47,634,251
White Boy Rick
$2,385,000
$21,714,781
Peppermint
$1,770,000
$33,536,908
