There’s only room for one killer clown at the top of box office charts. “Terrifier 3” slashed its way to No. 1 in North America, collecting a stellar $18.3 million from 2,514 theaters in its opening weekend.

Joker: Folie A Deux, the previous weekend’s leader, suffered an 80 per cent plunge from its own debut. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The fourth week of release for Universal’s The Wild Robot sees the DreamWorks animation top the worldwide box office chart for the first time, buoyed by further expansion. The island adventure delivered an estimated $24.1m in 55 international markets, plus $13.4m for North America, combining to produce a $37.5m weekend total.

The Donald Trump feature 'The Apprentice' is among several Oscar hopefuls opening nationwide to sluggish numbers, including Jason Reitman's 'Saturday Night.'

New indie horror film “Terrifier 3” opened atop the North American box office, while last weekend’s leader, “Joker: Folie a Deux,” suffered

The choices on the movie marquee this weekend included Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker, a film about Donald Trump, a “Saturday Night Live” origin story and even Pharrell Williams as a Lego

The sequel to 'Joker' brought in about $7 million over its second weekend, compared to slasher 'Terrifier 3' earning $18.3 million in its opening weekend

ABC Audio In a matchup some called the “battle of the clowns” at the box office, Terrifier‘s Art the Clown knocked out Joker. The threequel and the flop sequel to the Oscar-winning original went head-