'Hotel Transylvania' debuts at No. 1
Adam Sandler's monster mashup "Hotel Transylvania" has brought the weekend box office back to life after a late-summer slump.
The animated comedy from Sony Pictures debuted at No. 1 with $43 million, one of the strongest starts ever for a movie opening in September, The Associated Press reports.
"Hotel Transylvania" set a new high for September debuts in dollars, beating the previous record of $35.7 million for 2002's "Sweet Home Alabama." But factoring in today's higher admission prices, "Sweet Home Alabama" sold more tickets.
The weekend's box office was strengthened further by a No. 2 debut for another Sony release, Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt's time-travel thriller "Looper," with $21.2 million.
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