Box office: Tyler Perry says Boo! to Tom Hanks's Inferno

Last week Tyler Perry beat Tom Cruise. This week he beat Tom Hanks.

Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween earned an estimated $16.7 million in its second week at the North American box office. That represents a drop of 41.5% since last week, but the film — to many people’s surprise — was still #1 at the box office, thanks to the fact that Inferno was a much bigger flop than anyone expected.

Inferno was the only new wide release this week, and it was a follow-up to two big hits, so it arguably should have had the weekend to itself — but instead it landed in second place with $15 million, which is well, well below the first-weekend grosses for 2006’s The Da Vinci Code ($77.1 million) and 2009’s Angels & Demons ($46.2 million).

Adding insult to injury, Inferno’s first-weekend take is also less than half of the $35 million that Tom Hanks’s last movie Sully opened to just seven weeks ago.

The silver lining on this cloud is that Inferno was released overseas two weeks ago and has already grossed $132.7 million outside of North America. Inferno is the sixth film directed by Ron Howard to gross over $100 million overseas, following A Beautiful Mind, Ransom, Apollo 13 and the first two Dan Brown adaptations.

Boo!, for its part, has earned $52 million so far and has made more money after two weeks than any other Tyler Perry film except for Madea Goes to Jail, which made $41 million in its first week and had grossed $64.5 million by its second week.

Boo! could be on track to be the second-highest-grossing Tyler Perry movie ever, but that will depend on what kind of legs it has after Halloween itself this Monday.

The weekend’s biggest film internationally, and thus globally, was Doctor Strange, which grossed $86 million in 33 territories. The film, which is the 14th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, comes to North America next week.

Meanwhile, in other box-office news…

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back earned $9.6 million and ranked third in its second week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $39.7 million. The film has earned another $54.2 million overseas for a global total of $93.9 million.

The Accountant earned $8.5 million and ranked fourth in its third week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $61.3 million. The film has earned another $20.7 million overseas for a global total of $81.9 million.

Ouija: Origin of Evil earned $7.1 million and ranked fifth in its second week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $24.6 million. The film has earned another $19.1 million overseas for a global total of $43.7 million.

The Girl on the Train earned $4.3 million and ranked sixth in its fourth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $65.9 million. The film has earned another $56.5 million overseas for a global total of $122.4 million.

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children earned $3.9 million and ranked seventh in its fifth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $79.9 million. The film has earned another $163.6 million overseas for a global total of $243.4 million.

Keeping Up with the Joneses earned $3.4 million and ranked eighth in its second week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $10.8 million. The film has earned another $5.1 million overseas for a global total of $15.8 million.

And Storks earned $2.8 million and ranked ninth in its sixth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $68.2 million. The film has earned another $85.3 million overseas for a global total of $153.5 million.

Now for a bit of extra data on the year’s top-grossing animated films:

In North America, The Secret Life of Pets still ranks eighth among animated films:

2016 — Finding Dory (Pixar) — $485.7 million
2004 — Shrek 2 (DreamWorks) — $441.2 million
1994 — The Lion King (Disney) — $422.8 million
2010 — Toy Story 3 (Pixar) — $415.0 million
2013 — Frozen (Disney) — $400.7 million
2003 — Finding Nemo (Pixar) — $380.8 million
2013 — Despicable Me 2 (Universal) — $368.1 million
2016 — The Secret Life of Pets (Universal) — $366.3 million
2015 — Inside Out (Pixar) — $356.5 million
2016 — Zootopia (Disney) — $341.3 million

Overseas, Finding Dory still ranks 10th while The Secret Life of Pets now ranks 14th:

2013 — Frozen (Disney) — $875.7 million
2015 — Minions (Universal) — $823.4 million
2012 — Ice Age: Continental Drift (Fox) — $715.9 million
2009 — Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Fox) — $690.1 million
2016 — Zootopia (Disney) — $682.4 million
2010 — Toy Story 3 (Pixar) — $648.2 million
2013 — Despicable Me 2 (Universal) — $602.7 million
2003 — Finding Nemo (Pixar) — $559.5 million
1994 — The Lion King (Disney) — $545.7 million
2016 — Finding Dory (Pixar) — $535.5 million
2012 — Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (DreamWorks) — $530.5 million
2010 — Shrek Forever After (DreamWorks) — $513.9 million
2015 — Inside Out (Pixar) — $501.1 million
2016 — The Secret Life of Pets (Universal) — $501.0 million
2011 — Kung Fu Panda 2 (DreamWorks) — $500.4 million
2004 — Shrek 2 (DreamWorks) — $478.6 million
2007 — Shrek the Third (DreamWorks) — $476.2 million
2013 — Monsters University (Pixar) — $475.7 million
2006 — Ice Age: The Meltdown (Fox) — $465.6 million
2014 — How to Train Your Dragon 2 (DreamWorks) — $444.5 million

And worldwide, Finding Dory still ranks fifth and The Secret Life of Pets still ranks 12th:

2013 — Frozen (Disney) — $400.7 + 875.7 = 1276.5 million
2015 — Minions (Universal) — $336.0 + 823.4 = 1159.4 million
2010 — Toy Story 3 (Pixar) — $415.0 + 648.2 = 1063.2 million
2016 — Zootopia (Disney) — $341.3 + 682.4 = 1023.6 million
2016 — Finding Dory (Pixar) — $485.7 + 535.5 = 1021.2 million
2013 — Despicable Me 2 (Universal) — $368.1 + 602.7 = 970.8 million
1994 — The Lion King (Disney) — $422.8 + 545.7 = 968.5 million
2003 — Finding Nemo (Pixar) — $380.8 + 559.5 = 940.3 million
2004 — Shrek 2 (DreamWorks) — $441.2 + 478.6 = 919.8 million
2009 — Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Fox) — $196.6 + 690.1 = 886.7 million
2012 — Ice Age: Continental Drift (Fox) — $161.3 + 715.9 = 877.2 million
2016 — The Secret Life of Pets (Universal) — $366.3 + 501.0 = 867.3 million
2015 — Inside Out (Pixar) — $356.5 + 501.1 = 857.6 million
2007 — Shrek the Third (DreamWorks) — $322.7 + 476.2 = 799.0 million
2010 — Shrek Forever After (DreamWorks) — $238.7 + 513.9 = 752.6 million
2012 — Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (DreamWorks) — $216.4 + 530.5 = 746.9 million
2013 — Monsters University (Pixar) — $268.5 + 475.7 = 744.2 million
2009 — Up (Pixar) — $293.0 + 442.1 = 735.1 million
2011 — Kung Fu Panda 2 (DreamWorks) — $165.2 + 500.4 = 665.7 million
2006 — Ice Age: The Meltdown (Fox) — $195.3 + 465.6 = 660.9 million