Los Angeles, California – Horror movie Send Help showed staying power, leading the North American box office for a second straight week with $10 million in ticket sales, industry estimates showed Sunday.
The 20th Century flick stars Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien as a woman and her boss trying to survive on a deserted island after their plane crashes.
It marks a return to the genre for director Sam Raimi, who first made his name in the 1980s with the Evil Dead films.
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Debuting in second place at $7.2 million was rom-com Solo Mio starring comedian Kevin James as a groom left at the altar in Italy, Exhibitor Relations reported.
“This is an excellent opening for a romantic comedy made on a micro-budget of $4 million,” said analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research, noting that critics and audiences have embraced the Angel Studios film.
Post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller Iron Lung – a video game adaptation written, directed, and financed by YouTube star Mark Fischbach, known by his pseudonym Markiplier – finished in third place at $6.7 million.
Stray Kids: The Dominate Experience, a concert film for the K-pop boy band Stray Kids filmed at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, opened in fourth place at $5.6 million.
And in fifth place at $4.5 million was Luc Besson’s English-language adaptation of Dracula, which was released in select countries outside the US last year.
Gross called it a “weak opening for a horror remake,” noting the film’s total production cost of $50 million and its modest $30 million take abroad so far.
