‘Kingsman’ narrowly edges out freaky ‘It’ at weekend box office

(FILES) This file photo taken on September 18, 2017 shows English actor Colin Firth upon arrival for the World premiere of Matthew Vaughn’s ‘Kingsman:The Golden Circle’ in London./ AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS

WASHINGTONUnited States (AFP) — Espionage comedy “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” snuck away with the weekend box office crown for the second week running, industry figures showed Monday, narrowly edging out freaky horror sensation “It.”

With takings of $16.93 million, “Kingsman” sees a British spy organization join forces with its American counterpart to take on a new global threat.

But despite a star-studded cast featuring Colin Firth, Channing Tatum, Halle Berry and even Elton John, it took less than half of last week’s $39 million earnings.

Meanwhile, “It” — starring Bill Skarsgard as a creepy clown who terrorizes a sleepy Maine town — was a close second with earnings of $16.9 million, according to Exhibitor Relations.

That is some $12.8 million less than last week’s $29.7 million takings — but having stormed the box office over the last month, “It” is highest-grossing horror movie of all time with colossal total earnings of $291.1 million.

Slipping into third place in the tight race for number one was Universal’s newly released “American Made,” which raked in $16.7 million.

Starring Tom Cruise, “American Made” tells the story of a commercial airline pilot recruited to carry out reconnaissance missions over South America for the CIA.

Sitting comfortably in fourth place, having rung up $11.6 million, was animation “The Lego Ninjago Movie” — the third installment of Warner Bros.’ “The Lego Movie” franchise.

Sony’s remake of horror film “Flatliners” did just that in its first week in theaters, earning an anti-climactic $6.5 million.

Originally released in 1990, “Flatliners” follows five medical students who try to find out if there is life after death by conducting experiments that cause near-death experiences.

Rounding out the top 10 were:

“Battle Of The Sexes” ($3.4 million)

“American Assassin” ($3.3 million)

“Home Again” ($1.7 million)

“Til Death Do Us Part” ($1.5 million)

“Mother!” ($1.4 million)

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