Apparently, audiences were in the mood for some heavy-duty, end-of-the-world family drama and, to that end, Butler’s film delivers the goods.
Elsewhere, the only new title on the chart is the Milla Jovovich thriller Monster Hunter, which debuted at No. 3 followed by Let Him Go and Tenet.
Also, Shadow in the Cloud, starring Chloe Grace Moretz, returns at No. 11.
Gerald Butler snatched the crown from The Croods: A New Age in this week’s edition of DEG’s Watched at Home Top 20 — a truly shocking development for the disaster pic that had spent the last month roaming around the top five.