Warner Bros.’ Where the Wild Things Are topped the domestic box office in a wild and woolly October weekend that saw a number of films thrive, driving ticket sales up as much as 40% over the same frame last year.

The Spike Jonze-helmed Wild Things, based on Maurice Sendak’s children’s classic book, played more like an adult movie than a family pic, grossing an estimated $32.5 million from 3,735 theaters. Overture Films saw its biggest opening yet with Jamie Foxx-Gerard Butler starrer Law Abiding Citizen, which took an estimated $21.3 million from 2,890 to place No. 2.

Sony/Screen Gems’ The Stepfather, the weekend’s third nationwide opener, bowed to an estimated $12.3 million from 2,734 to place No. 5 behind Paramount’s sleeper hit Paranormal Activity and Universal laffer Couples Retreat.

Source: Variety