James Wan’s Insidious Chapter 2 celebrated its opening weekend at the top of the US box office, earning $41m.
The horror’s second instalment featured the return of original cast members Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne.
Sliding in directly below Insidious at number two is The Family from Taken 2 director Luc Besson.
The comedic crime-drama – that follows a mobster (Robert De Niro) and his family as they relocate with the help of the witness protection programme – earned an impressive $14.5m, pushing Riddick into third place.
The franchise return of Vin Diesel as the stealth predator managed just $7m in its third week at the US box office.
Landing in the fourth spot was Lee Daniels’ The Butler, down by two with $5.5m, followed closely by We’re the Millers with $5.4m.
Trailing behind after strong earnings last week, Instructions Not Included dropped from the third spot to sixth spot, earning $4.2m.
The US weekend box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Insidious Chapter 2 – $41,050,000
2. (-) The Family – $14,500,000
3. (1) Riddick – $7,013,000
4. (2) Lee Daniels’ The Butler – $5,582,000
5. (4) We’re the Millers – $5,415,000
6. (3) Instructions Not Included – $4,250,000
7. (5) Planes – $3,066,000
8. (6) One Direction: This is Us – $2,400,000
9. (7) Elysium – $2,050,000
10. (8) Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters – $1,825,000