‘Goosebumps’ scares up big win at box office

Talk show host Meredith Veira, center left, chats with the cast of the upcoming Goosebumps movie, from left to right, Dylan Minnette, Jack Black, author, R.L. Stine, Odeya Rush and Ryan Lee, at a special “Goosebumps” movie event to benefit the Pajama Program at Scholastic headquarters in New York, Monday, October 12, 2015. All proceeds from the event support the Pajama Program’s One Million Good Nights initiative (Photo by Stuart Ramson/Invision for Scholastic/AP Images)

LOS ANGELES, United States — “Goosebumps,” based on spooky children’s books by R.L. Stine, shot straight to the top of the North American box office over the weekend, industry figures showed Monday.

Sony’s action-comedy pulled in $23.6 million in ticket revenue Friday to Sunday in its debut in Canada and the United States, tracker Exhibitor Relations said.

The children’s flick knocked “The Martian,” which brought in $21.3 million, out of the top spot.

The critically acclaimed blockbuster starring Matt Damon as an astronaut stranded on Mars has now made $143.6 million in its three weeks in theaters.

New release “Bridge of Spies” came in third with $15.4 million.

The well-received drama by Steven Spielberg tells the story of an American lawyer, played by Tom Hanks, recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot held in the Soviet Union.

Fourth at the box office was director Guillermo del Toro’s R-rated horror-fantasy “Crimson Peak,” also making its debut in cinemas, with $13.1 million.

Rounding out the top five was “Hotel Transylvania 2” ($12.6 million), a sequel starring animated ghouls voiced by an all-star cast.

“Beasts of No Nation,” the first movie produced by Netflix and simultaneously released Friday in both theaters and on its online streaming platform, earned $50,700 in limited release at 31 theaters.

6. “Pan” ($5.9 million)

7. “The Intern” ($5.4 million)

8. “Sicario” ($4.6 million)

9. “Woodlawn” ($4 million)

10. “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” ($2.9 million)