Creed III, the first film in the Rocky franchise without Sylvester Stallone, lost its top spot at the box office after just one week to the sixth film in the Scream horror franchise. , reported AFP and Agerpres.

Taking in $44.5 million from Friday through Sunday in theaters across the United States and Canada, the sixth installment in the popular horror film series is off to the best start in the history of the Paramount franchise since its release in, yes, 1996.

At the time, the film by Wes Craven, who died in 2015, breathed new life into the genre with a mix of horror and self-deprecation, a recipe that Cry based even now.

In this sixth episode, in which the scary “Ghostface” takes place this time in New York, we find the fetish actress of the series, Courteney Cox, as well as Jenna Ortega, the star of the series. Wednesdayfilmed in Romania.

Creed IIIthe ninth film in the saga inspired by the world of boxing Rocky and the first without Sylvester Stallone, dropped to second place after just one week at the top of the North American box office, collecting $27.2 million in its final 3 days.

Creed III It tells the story of Adonis Creed, the son of Apollo, who resumes his sports activities for the long-awaited confrontation with an old friend. This is the directorial debut of Michael B. Jordan, who also stars.

Adam Driver returns to the top positions at the box office

In third place is a new sci-fi thriller from the Sony studio, 65starring Adam Driver, grossed $12.3 million.

The driver plays the role of a pilot who crashes his ship on an unknown planet, but quickly discovers that he only arrived on Earth 65 million years ago.

The fourth place is taken by the film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Maniaproduced by Marvel, starring Jonathan Majors, Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly.

She is followed in fifth place cocaine bear, a Universal Studios comedy that grossed $6.2 million. The film was inspired by an event in 1985, when smugglers dropped several packages of cocaine from a plane in a forest in the southern United States, and were later eaten by an 80-kilogram black bear.

In film production, the bear does not die of an overdose, but is released as a killer.

The following films complete the North American box office ranking:

• The Jesus Revolution ($5.2 million);

• Champions ($5.2 million);

• Avatar 2: The Way of Water ($2.7 million);

• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish ($1.6 million);

• Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre ($1.2 million).

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