North American box office: Thriller Vanishing and Freaky Friday sequel dominate the charts

The horror film Vanishing and the fantasy comedy Freaky Friday 2: Being My Mother Again , released this week, have gone straight to the top of the North American box office , dislodging Bad Guys and Fantastic Four , according to estimates published on Sunday, August 10, by the specialist firm Exhibitor Relations.

Already hailed by critics as a "classic" horror film, the thriller Vanished has risen to the top of the box office with $42.5 million in its opening weekend in the United States and Canada. The Warner Bros. feature film, directed by Zach Cregger ( Barbarian ) and starring Julia Garner and Josh Brolin , tells the story of the unexplained disappearance in the same town and in the middle of the night of all the children in a single class, except one.

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Twenty years after the release of the first installment, the comedy Freaky Friday: Being My Mother Again has reached number two in the North American box office, grossing $29 million. Produced by Disney , the feature film tells the new adventures of the Coleman family, played by stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan . These two new entries at the top of the North American box office have been described as "extraordinary" and "excellent" respectively by Franchise Entertainment Research analyst David Gross.

After three weeks in theaters, Marvel and Disney's new Fantastic Four: Beginnings - starring Vanessa Kirby , Pedro Pascal and one of the stars of the series The Bear , Ebon Moss-Bachrach - has fallen from its pedestal and is in last place on the podium with $230 million accumulated since its release in the United States and Canada. This sum must be added to the $203 million collected in international theaters.

Despite good reviews, Dreamworks Animations and Universal's Bad Guys 2 - an all-ages animal crime comedy - plummeted from second to fourth place, taking in $43 million in two weeks of release. Finally, in fifth place is the remake of one of the cult comedies of the 1980s, The World Is Here , this time starring Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson . Ten days after its theatrical release, the feature film has grossed $33 million.

Here are the rest of the top 10:

6. Superman ($7.8 million)

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7. Jurassic World: Rebirth (4.7 million)

8. F1 - The Movie (2.8 million)

9. Together (2.6 million)

10. Sketch (2.5 million)