Warner’s mega-budget shark thriller The Meg more than doubled expectations this weekend, as it easily soared into first with a stunning $44.5 million, more than double what tracking had it pegged at going into the weekend. Meanwhile, Slender Man got off to a weak start, as BlacKkKlansman did solid numbers in its smaller release.

The Meg, which reportedly carries a budget of $130 million after taxes, and pulled in a $97 million opening from a majority of overseas territories. Believe it or not, this is actually Warner Brothers’ highest opening of 2018 thus far, scoring a debut higher than their other blockbusters like Rampage and Ready Player One. Between the success of this and other titles like 47 Meters Down and The Shallows, clearly audiences still have interest in shark movies, especially on a larger scale. With a B+ CinemaScore and 2% drop on Saturday, there’s a good chance this can hold well throughout the month of August. Assuming it holds well, it should wind up between $125-135 million.

Falling to second in its third weekend of release was Mission: Impossible – Fallout, which took a harder hit than expected after losing some of its audience to The Meg. It was down a respectable 43%, almost identical to its second weekend drop. With $161 million in the bag so far, it should be able to cross $200 million within a few weeks.

Sony was unable to find Blumhouse-style success with Slender Man, as the PG-13 horror thriller landed with a soft $11.3 million. While most films of this caliber are produced for under $10 million (and more often than not under $5 million), Slender carries a bizarrely high $28 million price tag, meaning it has zero chance of turning a profit during its theatrical run. For once, critics and audiences both agreed on a horror film, as the terrible 15% Rotten Tomatoes score was matched by an almost impressively bad D- CinemaScore – the lowest of the summer so far, taking the crown away from Hereditary. Screen Gems seemingly realized they had a dud on their hands, as they shopped the film around to other distributors a few months ago, but were unable to find a buyer, and were stuck with Sony. Additionally, several theaters in the Milwaukee area didn’t show the film due to the controversy of the real life stabbing incident that occurred over the fictional character several years ago.

Focus Features enjoyed a nice opening for their Spike Lee drama BlacKkKlansman, which rounded out the top 5 with $10.8 million from 1,512 locations, giving it a strong $7,142 average – second best among wide releases, only behind The Meg. The A- CinemaScore and nearly universally positive reviews will likely mean a higher theater count next weekend, should Focus choose to capitalize on the buzz surrounding the picture.

The only other wide release of the weekend was LD Entertainment’s Dog Days, which was all the way down in 12th place with just $2.6 million, and just $3.6 million since its Wednesday launch. Even with a budget of just $10 million, this is a terrible start for a film playing in over 2,400 locations.

Christopher Robin failed to save face in its second weekend, down 49% in its second weekend. Against its $75 million budget, Disney’s reimagining has only made $50 million domestically, and not much more overseas. Last weekends other big release, The Darkest Minds, plummeted 64% in round two with just $2.1 million.