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New ‘Saw’ Film Tops Box Office But With Underwhelming Sales
- Ninth film in horror franchise makes $8.7 million in weekend
- Almost two-thirds of domestic theaters have now reopened
Chris Rock in Spiral.
Source: Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
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A new film in the “Saw” horror franchise topped the weekend box office, although its underwhelming sales show that moviegoing hasn’t picked up significantly during the U.S. reopening.
“Spiral: From the Book of Saw,” a film from Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and Twisted Pictures, generated $8.7 million in North American ticket sales this weekend, lower than the industry forecast of $14.8 million. The film failed to lift the overall box office and lagged behind recent opening performance of “Godzilla vs. Kong” and “Tom & Jerry.”