Everything old is a box office hit again as 20th Century’s venerable “Alien” franchise eats up one of the last weekend’s of summer with a brawny $41.5 million opening, and Henry Selick’s 2009 animated masterpiece “Coraline” cracks the $10 million mark, and the top five as it returns to theaters.

Deadline.com reports that the Thursday night/Friday numbers for “Alien: Romulus” were a sturdy if not stupendous $18.5 or so. That should lift it over $40, perhaps as high as the mid $40s.

Is word of mouth strong? They seem to think so. It’s alarmingly unoriginal, and director Fede Alvarez blows any sense of suspense and the “ticking clock, but reviews haven’t been bad and the audience — in the mood for chest-busting comfort food — is more than willing to dive back into this dystopian, bug-monster future.

“Deadpool & Wolverine” might manage another $29 million at the box office and could clear the $600 million mark by the end of NEXT weekend.

It should be neck and neck again with “This Ends with Us,” which is fresher, reaching a different audience and cleared $24 on its second weekend. It will hurdle past $100 million by Tuesday at the latest.

“Twisters” is still hanging around ($8+), closing in on the $250 million mark, which it should clear by Sept. 1.

“Coraline” ($7.3 over three days) joins “This Ends with Us” as the only “original” script in this mid August cinematic top five, and its a 15 year old re-release.

“Borderlands,” an epic bomb, is lurching into oblivion, “Skincare” (I saw it in an otherwise empty theater) won’t crack the top ten, nor will “Rob Peace” in limited release.

Updated top 3 via Box Office Pro