The lull of North American theaters

The sci-fi film, co-produced by Warner Bros. and Legendary, was supposed to hit theaters this past weekend. However, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) strike, which represents actors, has been on the go since July, forcing many studios to postpone the film’s release to avoid the risk of a prolonged labor dispute that could negatively impact the film’s wider marketing.

According to the latest plan, part 2 of the movie “Dune” with the participation of Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya will be released in March 2024, but no blockbuster movie “fills the gap” left by “Dune” last weekend.

However, North American audiences still have many other options for entertainment. The horror film “Five Nights at Freddy’s” continues to lead the box office charts in North America this past week. However, the revenue of the film adapted from the popular game of the same name has decreased significantly.

According to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations, “Five Nights at Freddy’s” dropped from $78 million in its opening weekend to just $19.4 million this weekend. Analyst David A. Gross said the film “slipped” in its second week of simultaneous release in theaters and on Universal’s Peacock streaming platform.

Blumhouse, the studio behind “Paranormal Activity,” “Get Out,” and recent horror hits like “M3GAN” and “The Black Phone,” has been working on “Five Nights at Freddy’s” for a few years now, with director Emma Tammi attached to direct and stars Hutcherson, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Matthew Lillard. The film is based on the 2014 video game of the same name by creator Scott Cawthon, and centers on a security guard’s nightly “horror” struggles against dangerous animatronics inside an abandoned Freddy’s family amusement park.

In second place for the weekend was the music documentary “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” which added $13.5 million to its domestic total of $166 million through November 5. This is the fourth week the AMC Theatres-distributed music documentary about country music princess Taylor Swift has been playing in theaters.

Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" also held onto its third spot. The film's revenue dropped just 25% in its third weekend, helping the studio earn an additional $7 million from 3,675 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, bringing its domestic total to $52.3 million.

The fourth place belongs to Sofia Coppola's newly released film "Priscilla" - a biographical film revolving around the life and love of Priscilla Presley. The film brought in a revenue of "only" 5 million USD.

List of 10 most popular movies last week in North America:

1. “Five Nights at Freddy's” - 19.4 million USD
2. “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” - 13.5 million USD
3. “Killers of the Flower Moon” - 7 million USD
4. “Priscilla” - $5.1 million
5. “Radical” - $2.7 million
6. “The Exorcist: Believer” - 2.2 million USD
7. “After Death” - $2 million
8. “Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie” - $2 million
9. “What Happens Later” - 1.6 million USD
10. “Freelance” - $1.3 million.