DAVID O. RUSSELL

"Amsterdam" is forecasted to earn only a fraction of the $150 million spent on its production and marketing.

NEW YORK — (AP) — David O. Russell's star-studded 1930s mystery "Amsterdam" flopped and the children's book adaptation "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile" debuted softly, allowing the horror thriller "Smile" to repeat atop the box office in U.S. and Canada theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. Sony Pictures' “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile,” a musical based on Bernard Waber's children's book featuring Shawn Mendes as the voice of a computer-generated reptile, fared better, collecting $11.5 million in ticket sales. A week after topping the charts with a $22-million launch, Paramount Pictures' "Smile" remained No. Horror films usually fall steeply in their second week of release but "Smile," a creepy thriller about trauma and evil spirits, dropped just 22%. “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile,” $11.5 million.

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