Starring Joaquin Phoenix as the title character the DC villain movie has had its fair share of controversy, but good reviews, especially the performance of Phoenix has helped it to a $96.2 Million debut weekend.
This beats the record for the top October opening, held by last years superhero villain movie Venom, which took $80.3 Million this weekend last year.
This is a very different film and with Oscar potential for lead actor this could have a good run.
The animated movie from Dreamworks falls from the top to number 2 this weekend with a gross of $11.2 Million.
This takes the well received films total gross after 2 weeks to $37.7 Million.
The British made film about the famous stately home falls to 3 this week with a weekend take of $7.9 Million.
This takes the films total US gross to a very respectable $73.6 Million after 3 weeks of release.
Director Lorene Scafaria take on strippers who take revenge falls to number 4 this week with $6.4 Million.
The film has now taken a excellent $91.4 Million after 4 weeks of release and should hit the $100 Million mark by next weekend.
Andy Muschietti horror sequel has done better than initially though on release and this week slips to number 5 with $5.3 Million which pushes the films total to $202.1 Million after 4 weeks of release.
Disney's remake is the film with the longest run on the this weeks US box office as it spends its 12 week inside the top 15 with a total gross of $541.2 Million.
