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'Dune' tops the North American box office with $40.1M

By Karen Butler   |   Oct. 24, 2021 at 3:47 PM
Zendaya (L) and Timothée Chalamet attend the premiere of the movie "Dune" during the 78th Venice International Film Festival on September 3. The movie is No. 1 in North America this weekend. File Photo by Rocco Spaziani/UPI Oscar Isaac attends the screening of "Scenes From a Marriage (Ep. 1 and 2)" during the 78th Venice International Film Festival on September 4. File Photo by Rune Hellestad/ UPI Jason Momoa arrives on the red carpet at the Season 8 premiere of "Game of Thrones" in 2019 in New York City. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI "Halloween Kills" Jamie Lee Curtis arrives at the 78th Venice International Film Festival on September 8. File Photo by Rocco Spaziani/UPI "No Time to Die" star Daniel Craig arrives on the red carpet at the 2020 National Board of Review Gala in New York City.   File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The sci-fi -drama Dune -- starring Timothee Chalament, Oscar Isaac, Zendaya and Jason Momoa -- is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $40.1 million in receipts this weekend, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.

Coming in at No. 2 is Halloween Kills with $14.5 million, followed by No Time to Die at No. 3 with $11.9 million, Venom: Let There Be Carnage at No. 4 with $9.1 million and Ron's Gone Wrong at No. 5 with $7.3 million.

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Rounding out the top tier are The Addams Family 2 at No. 6 with $4.3 million, The Last Duel at No. 7 with $2.1 million, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings at No. 8 with $2 million, The French Dispatch at No. 9 with $1.3 million and Honsla Rakh at No. 10 with $490,000.

This weekend's Top 10 movies grossed about $93 million. Last weekend's box office take was about $109 million when Halloween Kills was No. 1.