'The House with a Clock in Its Walls' wins a quiet weekend box office

"The House with a Clock in Its Walls" won the weekend box office with an estimated $26.8 million.
The ambitious movies "Fahrenheit 11/9," and "Assassination Nation" fell short.
Amazon's "Life Itself" had the year's worst opening weekend for a film that opened in more than 2,500 screens, as it only took in $2.1 million.As September wraps up, we are currently at a dry spot in the box office calendar with no major anticipated titles opening (the next big weekend will be the first in October when "V