M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Glass’ leads box office

M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Glass’ leads box office

NEW YORK

M. Night Shyamalan scored his fifth No. 1 movie as the director’s “Glass,” while not quite the blockbuster some expected, nevertheless dominated Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend at the box office with $40.6 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Universal Pictures predicted that “Glass” will make about $47 million over the four-day holiday weekend. Some industry forecasts had gone as high as $75 million over four days. But poor reviews took some of the momentum away from “Glass,” Shyamalan’s final entry in a trilogy begun with 2000’s “Unbreakable” and followed up with 2017’s “Split.”

Rounding out the top five at the box office were: “The Upside,” $15.7 million, second place; “Aquaman,” $10.3 million, third place; “Dragon Ball Super: Broly,” $8.7 million, fourth place; and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” $7.3 million, fifth place.

Associated Press