It was a new film in the top spot of the box office as Freaky came in first at the weekend box office. The film earned an estimated $3.7 million in its first weekend. Internationally, the film earned $1.9 million to give it a total of $5.6 million.

In second place was Let Him Go, last weekend’s top film. That movie added $1.8 million to its domestic total to bring its domestic earnings to $6.9 million after two weeks. Internationally, the film has earned $32,959 for a worldwide total of $6.92 million.

In third place was The War with Grandpa which held the same spot in the previous week. The film earned an estimated $1.3 million to bring its domestic total to $15.2 million after six weeks. Internationally, the film has earned $7.7 million for a worldwide total just shy of $23 million.

In fourth place was Come Play down from the #2 spot last weekend. The film earned $1.1 million to bring its domestic total to $7.3 million after three weeks. Internationally, the film has earned just under $2 million to bring its worldwide total to $9.3 million.

Rounding out the top five was Honest Thief. The film was in fourth place the previous weekend. It earned $800,000 bringing its domestic total to $12.4 million after six weeks. Internationally, the film has earned just shy of $11 million to bring its worldwide total to $23.3 million.

In comic film news…

Guardians of the Galaxy has gotten a re-release. The film opened in 1,560 theaters earning an estimated $406,000 to come in at #7. It opened in international theaters as well bringing in $22,424 and a worldwide total of $428,424.

The Empty Man dropped to #16 from last weekend’s #7. The film earned an estimated $81,000 to bring its domestic total to $2.9 million. Internationally, the film added about $150,000 to its total during the week to bring that to $468,120. Worldwide, the film has grossed $3.4 million after 3 weeks.

The New Mutants was just behind that film coming in at #17 down from last weekend’s #10. The film added an estimated $80,000 to its domestic total to bring that to $23.7 million after 12 weeks. Internationally, the film added about $150,000 over the week to that total. There it has grossed $21.9 million to bring its worldwide total to $45.6 million.

As of this reporting, 41 films earned $11.3 million from 19,067 theaters. That’s an improvement over the previous weekend’s $11.1 million from 17,160 theaters though that’s $594.30 per-theater down from the previous weekend’s $644.77 per-theater average. We’ll update this data as the final weekend box numbers are reported. (Data has been updated)