The Paramount and Hasbro Entertainment movie had been expected to easily top the domestic chart with $30 million or more. Instead, it came in at $25 million.

Farther down the charts, Universal/Blumhouse’s “Speak No Evil” is beating a pair of horror newcomers with a $5.9 million second weekend, giving the James McAvoy-starring remake a $21.4 million domestic total as it is set to turn a modest theatrical profit.

S eptember isn't generally seen as a month for box office goliaths, as studios usually deploy those titles either during the summer or in the final six weeks of the year, but ther