"The War with Grandpa" tops North American weekend box office

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- "The War with Grandpa," 101 Studios' family comedy film, took the top spot at the North American box office with 3.6 million U.S. dollars in its opening weekend, dethroning Christopher Nolan's sci-fi action film "Tenet" in its 7th weekend.

According to studio figures collected by measurement firm Comscore, "The War with Grandpa" was released in 2,250 movie theaters across the United States and Canada this weekend. As Forbes reported, the film topped "Tenet" to nab smallest No. 1 debut weekend in 32 years in North America since "Gorillas in the Mist" opened wide with 3.45 million dollars in 1988.