Box Office Game — September 24, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Thursday, September 24, 2026 (day #1666 of the game): the weekend of October 21, 2022 — a 2022 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1666
The weekend to guessOctober 21, 2022Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Black Adam
Warner Bros.New this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$67,004,323Total$67,004,323
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Ticket to Paradise
UniversalNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$16,509,095Total$16,509,095
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Smile
ParamountLast week #2Week 4 in release-32.6% vs last week
Weekend$8,472,322Total$84,432,083
4
Poster of the #4 movie
Halloween Ends
UniversalLast week #1Week 2 in release-80% vs last week
Weekend$8,000,510Total$54,177,950
5
Poster of the #5 movie
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Sony PicturesLast week #3Week 3 in release-42.2% vs last week
Weekend$4,251,217Total$28,764,068

No spoilers — titles and posters stay blurred until you tap.

About the five films

Black Adam poster

#1 Black Adam IMDb →

“The world needed a hero. It got Black Adam.”

Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods—and imprisoned just as quickly—Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra · Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo · Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction · Budget: $200,000,000 · Worldwide: $393,452,111 · Domestic total: $168,152,111
Ticket to Paradise poster

#2 Ticket to Paradise IMDb →

“They’re in this together for better or worse.”

Divorced couple Georgia and David find themselves on a shared mission: they team up and travel to Bali to stop their daughter Lily from making the same mistake they once made 25 years ago.

Director: Ol Parker · Starring: Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Kaitlyn Dever · Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance · Budget: $60,000,000 · Worldwide: $168,800,000 · Domestic total: $68,275,985
Smile poster

#3 Smile IMDb →

“Once you see it, it's too late.”

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.

Director: Parker Finn · Starring: Sosie Bacon, Kyle Gallner, Jessie T. Usher · Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller · Budget: $17,000,000 · Worldwide: $217,408,513 · Domestic total: $105,935,048
Halloween Ends poster

#4 Halloween Ends IMDb →

“Only one of them will survive.”

Four years after the events of Halloween in 2018, Laurie has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of violence and terror that will force Laurie to finally confront the evil she can’t control, once and for all.

Director: David Gordon Green · Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, Rohan Campbell · Genre: Horror, Thriller · Budget: $33,000,000 · Worldwide: $105,400,796 · Domestic total: $64,079,860
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile poster

#5 Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile IMDb →

“He knows every scale.”

When the Primm family moves to New York City, their young son Josh struggles to adapt to his new school and new friends. All of that changes when he discovers Lyle — a singing crocodile who loves baths, caviar and great music — living in the attic of his new home. But when Lyle’s existence is threatened by evil neighbor Mr. Grumps, the Primms must band together to show the world that family can come from the most unexpected places.

Director: Will Speck, Josh Gordon · Starring: Shawn Mendes, Javier Bardem, Winslow Fegley · Genre: Comedy, Family, Music · Budget: $50,000,000 · Worldwide: $111,080,122 · Domestic total: $46,888,441

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Box Office Game?
Box Office Game is a free daily movie trivia game at boxofficega.me, based on an idea from the Blank Check podcast. Each day it picks one weekend from box office history and you have to name that weekend’s top five films, using as few clues as possible.
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