Moviegoers addicted to Novocaine, extracts $3.9 million on opening day

“Novocaine” took the No.1 spot at the box office on its debut in theaters Friday, earning $3.9 million, according to The Numbers.The action comedy, which the Los Angeles Times called “brutal yet weightless,” stars Jack Quaid, the son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan, as a bank exec who can’t feel pain.The Paramount film cost $18 million to produce, and is slated to take in $8 to $10 million this weekend.“Black Bag” came in second, bagging $2.78 million on Friday, also its opening day.The spy thriller, starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender, whom the New York Times said “play a glamorous couple of spies in this latest sleek collaboration,” is projected to rake in $10 to $15 million this weekend.In third place was “Mickey 17″ which earned $2.2 million on Friday, its second in theaters.

The black comedy starring Robert Pattinson is slated to take in $8 to $9 million this weekend.“Captain America: Brave New World,” which was in second last Friday, dropped down two spots to fourth, with sales of $1.5 million.“The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie,” the franchise’s first theatrically released fully animated feature-length film, landed in fifth, with $1.05 million in revenue.

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