Box Office Report: Marvel Works Their Magic Once Again

By Bill Wine

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Doctor Strange lit it up at the box office over the weekend.

The debuting, Marvel comic book-inspired thriller, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, earned an estimated $85 million as it ran away to a first-place finish.

The weekend's other two new attractions took the next two spots:

The animated comedy, Trolls, was the runner-up, opening with a healthy total of $46 million, while the Mel Gibson-directed World War II drama, Hacksaw Ridge, starring Andrew Garfield, took in $15 million and finished third.

As for the box office leader of the last two weekends, Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween, it placed fourth with $8-million.

Overall, industry-wide totals were over twice those of last weekend, and significantly higher than those of a year ago.