Ghosts: The Possession of Button House takes £2.4 million in UK

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House, a horror-comedy distributed by Lionsgate U.K., opened at the top of the British and Irish box office charts. The film collected £2.4 million, which equates to $3.2 million, during its opening weekend.

Warner Bros. placed second with its DC horror thriller Clayface. The movie earned $2.6 million in its debut session. Amazon MGM Studios followed in third place with Ali G: Who Iz I?, a comedy that generated $1.7 million.

Black Bear's animated fantasy Wildwood, directed by Travis Knight, secured the fourth position. The film opened with $1.36 million. Paramount's Street Fighter, which held the top spot during the previous weekend, fell to fifth place in its second outing. It added $1.35 million to its total, bringing its cumulative gross to $5.6 million.

Universal's Forgotten Island finished sixth in its second weekend. The animated feature collected $1.2 million for a cumulative total of $3.7 million. Sony's psychological thriller Verity held the seventh position in its fourth frame. The film added $857,067 to its gross, raising its total to $14.4 million.

Universal's Other Mommy took eighth place in its third session. The supernatural horror film earned $576,822, bringing its cumulative total to $6.2 million. Mubi's Fatherland debuted at number nine. The drama generated $264,083 across 86 locations over the three-day period.

Fatherland achieved a screen average of $3,144 per site, ranking as the fourth highest average among new releases. Including preview screenings, the film's total opening reached $415,017. This marks director Paweł Pawlikowski's biggest launch in the territory, surpassing his previous record set with Cold War.

Studiocanal's Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom completed the top ten in its sixth frame. The animated holdover collected $408,089, lifting its cumulative gross to $6.1 million. Mubi's documentary Making Marie Antoinette opened across six sites. It took $1,737 over the weekend for a cumulative total of $24,355.

This limited release begins a staggered rollout ahead of Park Circus's re-release of Sofia Coppola's 2006 feature Marie Antoinette on Nov. 13. Mid-week event programming begins on Tuesday with Trafalgar Releasing's broadcast of the Royal Ballet's Manon. On Wednesday, the music documentary Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning, directed by Ben Wainwright-Pearce, opens across more than 100 locations.