Directed by André Ovredal, “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” weaves Schwartz’s tales into a narrative set in 1968, with Vietnam and Richard Nixon framing the story of a set of young characters (played by Zoe Colletti, Gabriel Rush, Austin Zajur and Michael Garza) who steal a book from a haunted house and set off many a horrific occurrence. Some of the illustrations by Stephen Gammell that peppered the original books have been brought to life in the movie, through characters like a grotesque scarecrow.
[Read our critic’s review of “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.”]
For all the success of “Scary Stories,” though, it was still muscles and cars that came out on top. Universal’s “Fast Furious Presents: Hobbs Shaw” grossed about $25.4 million domestically, keeping it in the lead during its second weekend in theaters. That’s a solid result, and a smaller percentage drop than “The Fate of the Furious” saw between its first and second weekends in 2017.
Third place went to Disney’s “The Lion King,” which sold about $20 million in tickets during its fourth weekend in domestic theaters. It brought in an additional $51.4 million overseas this weekend according to the studio, and ended the weekend with cumulative global sales of around $1.3 billion.
Faring less well was Paramount’s “Dora and the Lost City of Gold,” which opened this weekend to around $17 million in domestic sales. With fairly strong reviews (81 percent on Rotten Tomatoes) and the name recognition of a successful Nickelodeon series, the movie looked like it had a shot at dethroning “The Lion King” for biggest family movie going into the weekend. But it instead landed in fourth place.
Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/movies/scary-stories-hobbs-shaw-box-office.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
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