PAW Patrol successfully thwarts Saw X at the weekend box office

Even noted serial killer Jigsaw can't beat a bunch of puppies with cars

By Sam Barsanti | October 1, 2023 | 8:41pm

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PAW Patrol successfully thwarts Saw X at the weekend box office

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Spin Master Entertainment, Nickelodeon Movies, and Paramount Pictures), Saw X (Alexandro Bolaños Escamilla, Lionsgate) Graphic: The A.V. Club

For 10 movies now, the law enforcement officers of the world have tried and failed to apprehend the serial killer known as Jigsaw (though he was dead for a chunk of those movies), but apparently all it took to get the job done was a bunch of dogs with cars—or whatever the heck PAW Patrol is. The kid-beloved franchise’s latest cinematic spin-off PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie opened at the top of the domestic charts this weekend with $23 million, enough to somewhat comfortably beat second place’s Saw X (debuting with $18 million) and third place’s The Creator (debuting at $14 million). The puppies may be on top, but it’s a good weekend for new films either way.

Those three all handily trounced the winner of the last few weeks, The Nun II, which made $4.6 million in its fourth week and has a total of $76 million. Finishing out the top five is another newcomer, but this one is… less exciting than even the one about dogs who have wheels fighting an evil mayor: The Blind, a church-y biopic about right-wing nut Phil Robertson (one of the guys from Duck Dynasty). It made $4 million, presumably from some of the same people who made Sound Of Freedom a hit.