Los Angeles, California - Horror video-game movie Five Nights at Freddy's 2 proved jump scares can still rake in the cash with a debut that ruled North American theaters, industry estimates showed Sunday.

The second film in Universal's Freddy's franchise – about animatronic characters at a pizza shop, the tween girl (Piper Rubio) who befriends them, and the murderous, if cheesy, events that follow – brought in $63 million in the Friday-through-Sunday period, Exhibitor Relations reported.

It earned another $46 million internationally.

"Critics' reviews are poor, but the genre is immune to reviews," said David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.

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"The audience score is more important, and it's very good for a horror picture, although not as good as the first pic."

Sliding to the second spot was another sequel, Disney's feel-good animated film Zootopia 2.

The buddy cop comedy featuring a menagerie of talking animals battling stereotypes earned $43 million, for a two-week total of $220 million and a worldwide haul nearing the $1 billion mark.

Dropping one spot to third place, with $16.8 million in its third weekend, was Wicked: For Good, Universal's second chapter in the musical saga of Oz's most notable witches – the green-skinned, outcast Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and popular pink-wearing Glinda (Ariana Grande).

JUJUTSU KAISEN: Execution landed in fourth spot in its debut. The anime-based tale of violent sorcery released by GKIDS earned $10.2 million.

In fifth with $3.5 million was Lionsgate's Now You See Me: Now You Don't, the third installment in the crime heist franchise.