Warner Bros. disaster movie Geostorm debuted in second place with $13.3 million, opening in 3,246 theaters for a middling $4,097 per-screen average.
This year the Madea sequel opened with a modest rollout of 2,388 theaters, but it posted the best per-screen average among wide releases with $9,066.
A Madea Halloween came during the making of comedian Chris Rock’s directorial effort Top Five, where the actor/director approached Tyler Perry about making a fake Halloween movie for Top Five.