'Miss Peregrine' bests 'Deepwater Horizon' at box office

NEW YORK - Tim Burton's latest fantastical oddity, "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children," debuted with a hefty $28.5 million, while Peter Berg's acclaimed disaster movie "Deepwater Horizon," about the 2010 oil rig explosion, failed to tap North American moviegoers.In a crowded autumn weekend at the box office, "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" came out on top. The 20th Century Fox release, adapted from Ransom Riggs' fantasy novel, cost $110 million to make, meaning it will ne