Business as usual at North American box office amid virus

rth American audiences are t staying away from aters amid virus concerns according to weekend’s box office numbers. Disney and Pixar’s “Onward” topped charts as expected and Ben Affleck basketball drama “ Way Back” also opened rmally.

“Onward” earned $40 million from 4,310 rth American locations, according to studio estimates on Sunday. It’s on lower end of openings for studio, more in line with “ Good Disaur’s” launch in 2015. film “Onward” is an original story about two brors voiced by Chris Pratt and Tom Holland.

Internationally it picked up $28 million. Disney ted that outside of Asia-Pacific regions, coronavirus concerns have t me a material impact.

Universal and Blumhouse’s “ Invisible Man” fell to second place in its second weekend with $15.2 million. In third place, Warner Bros.′ “ Way Back” picked up $8.5 million from largely older audiences.

(Disney/Pixar via AP)