‘Ghosts: The Possession of Button House’ Scares Up U.K., Ireland Box Office Win
‘Ghosts: The Possession of Button House’ opened at number one in the UK and Ireland, taking £2.4 million over the weekend. Its lead shows strong demand for the horror-comedy and puts it ahead of several new releases, including DC thriller ‘Clayface’.
‘Clayface’ placed second with $2.6 million, while ‘Ali G: Who Iz I?’ took third with $1.7 million. ‘Street Fighter’, last week’s leader, fell to fifth but raised its total to $5.6 million; ‘Verity’ reached $14.4 million after four weekends. Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland’ opened ninth, earning $264,083 from 86 cinemas, or $415,017 including previews, marking his biggest opening in the territory.
In short
- ‘Ghosts: The Possession of Button House’ led the UK and Ireland chart.
- It earned £2.4 million in its opening weekend.
- ‘Fatherland’ set a new territory opening record for director Paweł Pawlikowski.
Explained simply
Button House is the setting of the British television comedy Ghosts, in which a couple inherit a country house inhabited by spirits from different periods of history. The series mixes supernatural comedy with stories about the living and the dead sharing the same home.
The film’s title signals a horror-comedy spin on that familiar setting. Its background in a popular television series may help explain why audiences recognise the story, while its mix of scares and comedy places it between two film genres.
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