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Patterns and signs play a major role in Dan Brown's inexplicably popular pseudo-symbological pulp thrillers, but none are as fascinating as the significance of the following number to the film adaptation of his books: 31.
$31 million is how much of a drop the opening of Angels and Demons (which debuted at $46 million in 2009) experienced from The Da Vinci Code's start ($77 million in 2006). Inferno, the latest Brown book-to-film conversion, dropped another $31 million, banking just $15 million its first weekend out.
You know you're having a rough start when you can't top two week old Madea, but Brown's Inferno won't find any solace in its company. The last time Tyler Perry's trademark character had a number one debut, it also held on for two weekends. Who did she dominate that time? Jonas Brothers: The 3D Experience.
Boo! A Madea Halloween not only held the top spot, it pushed past $50 million and proved it might have the staying power to become the first ever Tyler Perry project to break $100 million. The closest to date was Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail which topped out at $90 million.
Foreign drama _Ae Dil Hai Mushkil _opened with $2 million in just 300 venues, enough to barely break into the top ten, finally pushing _Deepwater Horizon_ out of the top ten. Deepwater has been languishing for the last month, and has still earned less than $100 million worldwide against its $110 million budget.
For the full weekend top ten, check out the chart below:

1. | Boo! A Madea Halloween | $16,675,000 | Total: $52,019,343 |
LW: 1
THTRS: 2,299
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2. | Inferno * | $15,000,000 | Total: $15,000,000 |
LW: N
THTRS: 3,576
|
3. | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | $9,550,000 | Total: $39,679,177 |
LW: 2
THTRS: 3,780
|
4. | The Accountant | $8,475,000 | Total: $61,257,172 |
LW: 4
THTRS: 3,402
|
5. | Ouija: Origin of Evil | $7,070,000 | Total: $24,638,625 |
LW: 3
THTRS: 3,168
|
6. | The Girl on the Train (2016) | $4,270,000 | Total: $65,918,480 |
LW: 5
THTRS: 2,758
|
7. | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | $3,975,000 | Total: $79,879,180 |
LW: 6
THTRS: 2,797
|
8. | Keeping Up with the Joneses | $3,975,000 | Total: $10,779,313 |
LW: 7
THTRS: 3,022
|
9. | Storks | $2,785,000 | Total: $68,244,612 |
LW: 9
THTRS: 1,901
|
10. |
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil *
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$2,135,000 | Total: $2,135,000 |
LW: N
THTRS: 302
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