Box office: Bad reviews extinguish ‘Inferno’

LOS ANGELES – Terrible reviews and a seven-year gap since the previous installment helped extinguished “Inferno,” the third film in the “Da Vinci Code” franchise,” at the North American box office.

The film, starring Tom Hanks and directed by Ron Howard, flopped with $14.9 million domestically, according to final box office figures Monday. That was well below the $46.1 million “Angels & Demons” opened with in 2009. Sony Pictures said this one, however, cost $75 million, about half the cost of the previous two films.

The unexpected swoon for “Inferno” allowed Tyler Perry’s “Boo! A Madea Halloween” to lead the box office for the second straight week. The Lionsgate release earned $17.2 million to bring its two-week total to $52.6 million.

Top films

Last week’s take / total take (weeks in release)

1. “Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween” $17,220,312 / $52,564,655 (2)

2. “Inferno” $14,860,425 / $14,860,425 (1)

3. “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” $9,640,747 / $39,769,924 (2)

4. “The Accountant” $8,481,052 / $61,263,224 (3)

5. “Ouija: Origin Of Evil” $7,110,185 / $24,678,810 (2)

6. “The Girl On The Train” $4,387,015 / $66,035,495 (4)

7. “Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children” $4,073,674 / $79,977,854 (5)

8. “Keeping Up With The Joneses” $3,390,107 / $10,794,420 (2)

9. “Storks” $2,851,140 / $68,310,752 (6)

10. “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” $2,193,042 / $2,193,042 (1)