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Courtesy of Warner Bros Pictures by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Nov 2, 2015 12:32 AM UTC The same three holdovers topped the box office again this weekend over what proved to be a very scary Halloween for new releases. Thanks to a trio of weak debuts and Halloween falling on a Saturday, this weekend brought in about $74 million in total, taking the title of the worst weekend of the entire year. _Our Brand Is Crisis, Burnt_, and _Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse_ all opened below expectations. _Our Brand Is Crisis,_ which stars Sandra Bullock as an American political strategist working on a Bolivian presidential election, earned a dismal C+ CinemaScore and clocks in as the worst wide release of Bullock’s career, just below the rom-com _Two If By Sea_, which debuted to $4.7 million in 1996\. Directed by David Gordon Green, _Our Brand Is Crisis_ earned an estimated $3.4 million in 2,202 locations, placing eighth for the weekend. John Wells’ _Burnt,_ starring Bradley Cooper, also marked one of the worst wide releases of Cooper’s career, earning $5 million in 3,003 theaters. Featuring Cooper as a chef angling to make his comeback in the culinary world, _Burnt_ earned a B- CinemaScore. This weekend’s third new wide-release didn’t even manage to crack the top 10, as the R-rated zombie comedy _Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse_debuted to an estimated $1.8 million in 1,509 theaters.Earning a B- CinemaScore, _Scouts Guide_ is the second film to be released as part of Paramount’s new flexible distribution plan, which allows the studio to release a film digitally only a few weeks after its theatrical debut. In exchange for shortening the window between a movie’s theatrical release and its home entertainment release, Paramount will give theater chains who agree to the deal a cut of the digital revenue. Because many major theater chains opted out, films like _Scouts Guide_ and last weekend’s_Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension_ debuted in far fewer theaters. The new releases’ failure to hit double digits cleared the way for holdovers like _The Martian_ to once again top the box office. Ridley Scott’s sci-fi flick has held at No. 1 four out of the last five weekends, and after earning an estimated $11.4 million this weekend, its domestic total is now at a whopping $182.8 million._The Martian_ is expected to soon surpass _Gladiator’s_$187.7 million total to become the biggest movie of Scott’s career (not adjusted for inflation). The PG-rated _Goosebumps_ earned $10.2 million for second place, bringing its domestic total to $57.1 million. _Bridge of Spies_, which reunites Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, took third again with an estimated $8.1 million and a domestic total of $45.2 million. _Hotel Transylvania 2_ placed fourth, earning $5.8 million in its sixth weekend for a domestic total of $156 million. Here are this weekend’s top five: **1\.** [**_The Martian_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/29/the-martian-ew-review)**— $11.4 million** **2\.** [**_Goosebumps_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/09/goosebumps-ew-review)**— $10.2 million** **3\.** [**_Bridge of Spies_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/06/bridge-of-spies-ew-review)**— $8.1 million** **4\.** [**_Hotel Transylvania_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/24/hotel-transylvania-2-ew-review) **_2_** **— $5.8 million** **5\.** [**_Burnt_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/28/burnt-ew-review)**— $5 million** [This story originally appeared at EW.com](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/01/box-office-report-our-brand-crisis-burnt) ## Transcript She is the brightest and most innovative. She is the best campaign strategist in the game. Responsible for the greatest political upset in history. You're a fighter, Jane. And I'm giving you another shot at the title. It's a presidential campaign in South America. Fragile democracy, economy in real trouble. Our candidate is considered arrogant and out of touch with people's lives. How far are you behind? Twenty eight points. [ LAUGH ] The opposition as cited their own American Pat Candy. Jane Bodine. Pat. So what are you doing here I thought you retired or gave up or something. What happened to your hair? I see you've still got a great sense of humor. How many times have you gone against Candy? Three or four times. How many times has he beat you? Three or four times. [ MUSIC ] If you want to win, we are going to have to take risks. You're my tracker. Every event that Rivera attends, every speech you tape, if security beats you up, you are doing your job right. Get that beat on tape. Wake up, this is war, there is only wrong in this and that is losing. Maybe we should check and see if anyone understood that. [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] He should feel something during the interview, like he could have some tears. Could you just turn towards the camera? [ SOUND ] Whoa, whoa, look at him. This is it. Yes. Oh, my. Five point goal. [ SOUND ] [ MUSIC ] If I lose to Candy now, I swear to God. This actually kinda matters, Jane. This country couldn't go under. We're talking about people's lives. [ MUSIC ] You like to pretend you're not one of us. If you fight with monsters too long, you become a monster. [ MUSIC ] Eddie, this is your neighborhood? This is where you live? People gonna get hurt, what are you gonna do? We are trying to save people's lives. These are the stakes and I'm not gonna stand by and watch as. As this nation falls apart, this is no longer an election. This is a crisis. We're going to shoot the commercial [ FOREIGN ] Llamas. [ SOUND ] This animal will lead us to prosperity. [ SOUND ] Oh. No, no, no. Marco! Marco! He killed himself rather than be in one of our commercials. 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