Jack Black and Cate Blanchett star in the kids magical fantasy witch takes $26 million on its debut weekend.
Also new this week and coming in at number 2 is Paul Feigs new directorial movie A Simple Favour, the film takes $10 million on its debut.
Still performing well at number 3 is The Nun which takes $10.2 million this weekend to brings its total US gross to just over $100 million on its third week of release.
Falling hard this week is The Predator which made its debut at the top last week, this week it falls to 4 with a $8 million weekend to brings its total to $40 million.
To finish off the top 5 is Crazy Rich Asians which has done incredibly well in the US having a total gross of $159 million after a $ 6.5 million sixth weeeknd.