M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Split’ Takes #1 Box Office Spot

M. Night Shyamalan’s new film Split debuted in the top spot this weekend at the North American box office. The thriller, which stars James McAvoy as a man with 23 distinct personalities, earned $40.2 million, far exceeding the studio’s expectations – not to mention the film has garnered numerous favorable reviews from critics as well as moviegoers.

“This movie absolutely delivers in terms of his genre,” Universal domestic distribution president Nick Carpou says. “What (director) Night does doesn’t fit a formula except for his own.”

In international markets, the film earned $5.8 million this weekend.

(Also can we just say how much we love the concept of this movie poster)

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Coming in second was Vin Diesel’s xXx: The Return of Xander Cage which brought in $20 million ($85 million production budget). Globally the film has made $70.5 million.

Diesel made his debut as adrenaline junkie turned spy Xander Cage in the first xXx back in 2002, but he was absent for the second installment, xXx: State of the Union. Before the new movie’s premiere, Diesel teased Paramount bosses are already interested in bringing back the cast, including Samuel L. Jackson and newcomers Ruby Rose and Donnie Yen, to film another sequel.

“Well, it’s funny,” Vin told Variety. “I was in the middle of an interview and Brad Grey – who runs Paramount – calls me and says, ‘Will everybody come back to work in May?’ I’m like, ‘Everyone’s in interviews right now!'”

Hidden Figures fell to third with $16.2 million, and Sing fell to fourth with $9 million. And rounding the top 5 was Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling’s La La Land which brought in $8.4 million.

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