Paramount's new kids' movie Paw Patrol 2: The Mighty Movie&nbsp;bounded to the top of the North American box office this weekend, with a tail-wagging take estimated at $23 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.

"This is an excellent opening," said analyst David A. Gross, adding that while the Paw Patrol series was "not in the league of the Disney, Pixar and Illumination juggernauts," it also carried a far smaller production budget -- around $30 million -- and looks to be headed for a profitable future.

The film has the hard-working Paw Patrol pups -- now endowed with superpowers -- fighting again to save Adventure City. Voice actors include Taraji P. Henson, Chris Rock, Serena Williams and McKenna Grace.

In second place for the Friday-through-Sunday period was another new release, the Lionsgate horror film Saw X.&nbsp;It sold an estimated $18 million in tickets, not a bad weekend for a film made for just $13 million.

Saw X&nbsp;is the first in the violence-filled "Saw" series to score overwhelmingly positive reviews, according to Variety. Tobin Bell, as the infamous Jigsaw, this time kidnaps doctors as he takes on greedy medical con artists.

New 20th Century sci-fi thriller The Creator&nbsp;came in third, at $14 million. It's of-the-moment setting: a world where humans are at war with artificial intelligence.

John David Washington plays a special agent sent to kill the titular Creator. Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe and Allison Janney also star.

In fourth was the box office leader of the past three weekends, The Nun II&nbsp;from Warner Bros., at $4.7 million.&nbsp;This Conjuring&nbsp;series spinoff stars Taissa Farmiga in a tale of Gothic horror.

And in fifth was another new release, Fathom Events' faith-based The Blind,&nbsp;at $4.1 million. Set in the Louisiana swamps in the 1960s, it portrays the real-life struggles of Duck Dynasty&nbsp;star Phil Robertson with addiction and romance.

Overall, the year's box office is down 15.5 percent from last year, and this despite the huge successes of "Barbie" -- now at $800 million internationally and $1.43 billion worldwide -- and Oppenheimer,&nbsp;Gross said. The rest of the year does not look a lot better, he added.&nbsp;

Rounding out the weekend's top 10 were:

A Haunting in Venice ($3.8 million)

Dumb Money&nbsp;($3.5 million)

The Equalizer 3&nbsp;($2.7 million)

Expend4bles&nbsp;($2.5 million)

Barbie&nbsp;($1.4 million)

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Paramount's new kids' movie Paw Patrol 2: The Mighty Movie bounded to the top of the North American box office this weekend, with a tail-wagging take estimated at $23 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.

Paramount's new kids' movie Paw Patrol 2: The Mighty Movie bounded to the top of the North American box office this weekend, with a tail-wagging take estimated at $23 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. "This is an excellent opening," said analyst David A. Gross, adding that while the Paw Patrol series was "not in the league of the Disney, Pixar and Illumination juggernauts," it also carried a far smaller production budget -- around $30 million -- and looks to be headed for a profitable future. The film has the hard-working Paw Patrol pups -- now endowed with superpowers -- fighting again to save Adventure City. Voice actors include Taraji P. Henson, Chris Rock, Serena Williams and McKenna Grace. In second place for the Friday-through-Sunday period was another new release, the Lionsgate horror film Saw X. It sold an estimated $18 million in tickets, not a bad weekend for a film made for just $13 million. Saw X is the first in the violence-filled "Saw" series to score overwhelmingly positive reviews, according to Variety. Tobin Bell, as the infamous Jigsaw, this time kidnaps doctors as he takes on greedy medical con artists. New 20th Century sci-fi thriller The Creator came in third, at $14 million. It's of-the-moment setting: a world where humans are at war with artificial intelligence. John David Washington plays a special agent sent to kill the titular Creator. Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe and Allison Janney also star. In fourth was the box office leader of the past three weekends, The Nun II from Warner Bros., at $4.7 million. This Conjuring series spinoff stars Taissa Farmiga in a tale of Gothic horror. And in fifth was another new release, Fathom Events' faith-based The Blind, at $4.1 million. Set in the Louisiana swamps in the 1960s, it portrays the real-life struggles of Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson with addiction and romance. Overall, the year's box office is down 15.5 percent from last year, and this despite the huge successes of "Barbie" -- now at $800 million internationally and $1.43 billion worldwide -- and Oppenheimer, Gross said. The rest of the year does not look a lot better, he added. Rounding out the weekend's top 10 were: A Haunting in Venice ($3.8 million) Dumb Money ($3.5 million) The Equalizer 3 ($2.7 million) Expend4bles ($2.5 million) Barbie ($1.4 million) WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

Paw Patrol 2 beats blood-soaked Saw to top N.America box office

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Paw Patrol 2 beats blood-soaked Saw to top N.America box office

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