Box office: Burton and ‘Peculiar Children’ are No. 1

LOS ANGELES – In a matchup of $100 million-plus films, Tim Burton’s “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” topped Peter Berg’s “Deepwater Horizon.”

Both were high-priced original films that earned warm reviews. But “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” found more interest with North American moviegoers, earning $28.9 million, according to final studio figures Monday. The film, starring Eva Green and Asa Butterfield, is adapted from Ransom Rigg’s popular young-adult novel.

“Deepwater Horizon,” about the 2010 oil rig explosion that resulted in one of the worst environmental disasters, had more difficulty in its debut. The Lionsgate release took in $20.2 million.

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

1. “Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children” $28,871,140 / $28,871,140 (1)

2. “Deepwater Horizon” $20,223,544 / $20,223,544 (1)

3. “The Magnificent Seven” $15,626,883 / $61,532,784 (2)

4. “Storks” $13,476,141 / $38,487,415 (2)

5. “Sully” $8,272,713 / $105,260,176 (4)

6. “Masterminds” $6,541,205 / $6,541,205 (1)

7. “Queen Of Katwe” $2,495,427 / $2,898,436 (2)

8. “Don’t Breathe” $2,381,769 / $84,741,706 (6)

9. “Bridget Jones’s Baby” $2,335,320 / $20,987,055 (3)

10. “Snowden” $1,966,630 / $18,666,877 (3)