David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises remains a permanent fixture at the top of the domestic chart, having added another $254,046 for the week of Oct. 12, bumping up its total to more than $2.6 million after five weeks in theaters.

The thriller, starring Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts, had a solid per-screen average of $2,703 for Odeon Films and has made over US$21 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo.

Seville Pictures claimed the number two spot with the biopic Shake Hands with the Devil, based on Lt.-Gen. Roméo Dallaire’s experiences in Rwanda. Shake Hands added another $170,944 in its third week, increasing its tally to $836,059. The film, starring Roy Dupuis, played especially well in Quebec, where it has brought in $534,119.

Rounding out the top five for the week were Odeon’s Silk with a total box-office take of $819,739 after four weeks, the Patrick Huard-directed comedy Les 3 p’tits cochons with $4.3 million after 10 weeks, and Paul Arcand’s documentary Québec sur ordonnance with $110,819 after two weeks.

Meanwhile, Allan Moyle’s oddball comedy Weirdsville opened to mid-sized audiences, taking in $12,864 from four screens in its first week, according to distributor Equinoxe Films. The film was met with mixed reviews.

Reached by Playback Daily at his Los Angeles office, producer Nicholas Tabarrok would only say the film’s performance ‘could be better.’ Weirdsville is currently playing on four screens in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Halifax.