Tyler Perry’s latest movie, Boo! A Madea Halloween, easily won the weekend box office with $28.5MM (adjusted up from $27.6MM). Not only did it beat Tom Cruise’s Jack Reacher: Never Go Back by $5.6MM but doubled it on a per screen count, $12,611 vs. $6,051. Rounding out the top five were Ouija: Origin of Evil (which also premiered this weekend) at $14.1MM, Ben Affleck’s The Accountant and the third week for The Girl on the Train.
| Rank | Title | Wknd B.O. (In millions) | Release Week | Theater Count | $ / Theater |
| 1 | Boo! A Madea Halloween | $28.5 | 1 | 2,260 | $12,611 |
| 2 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | $22.9 | 1 | 3,780 | $6,051 |
| 3 | Ouija: Origin of Evil | $14.1 | 1 | 3,167 | $4,441 |
| 4 | The Accountant | $13.6 | 2 | 3,332 | $4,095 |
| 5 | The Girl on the Train | $7.2 | 3 | 3,091 | $2,318 |
Source: Box Office Mojo
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