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The pack of the new film releases proved to be a thing that fails to work properly, where some are worse than others, but, leaving room for holdovers like the director Ridley Scott's American science fiction film - "The Martian" and the American 3D computer-animated horror comedy film - "Goosebumps," to stay in the top spots in the U.S. box office with $15.9 million and $15.5 million, respectively.

Also, director Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks' American historical drama-thriller film - "Bridge of Spies," also held nicely in third place at the U.S. box office with $11 million.

However, Vin Diesel's American supernatural action film, which is directed by Breck Eisner - "The Last Witch Hunter" tanked with $10.8 million, and the film's number killed any hopes of a new franchise. The film of the Lions Gate Entertainment company opened in fourth place at the box office and reportedly, it cost $70 million to produce. …show more content…

box office will garner as much attention as director Jon M. Chu's American musical fantasy drama film - "Jem and the Holograms," as the film opened to $1.3 million - to become one of the worst debuts of all time for a major film studio - which opened in over 2,000 locations.

Jem and the Holograms film is based on the 1980s animated series, the flick opened up on 2,413 screens, that it averages $545 per screen, and took the 15th

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