'Jigsaw' scores latest bull's-eye for horror at the box office and brings to end a sluggish October

Horror and Halloween-themed films led the weekend box office before the Oct. 31 holiday with Lionsgate's latest, "Jigsaw," coming out on top while the George Clooney-helmed "Suburbicon" proved to be a massive disappointment. "Jigsaw," the eighth installment in the popular "Saw" franchise, scared up an estimated $16.2 million in the U.S. and Canada, according to figures from measurement firm ComScore. It tops the chart during a relatively slow week and brings to end a sluggish October, as this year's box office continues to trail that of 2016. Directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, the R-rated "Jigsaw" follows, in reviewer Noel Murray's words, "bad folks stuck in an elaborate torture chamber" and earned an average B-rating from audience polling service CinemaScore and a 39% "rotten" rating on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes. "Jigsaw" comes seven years after "Saw VII: The Final Chapter," once intended to wrap the franchise, and 13 years after the first "Saw" film.