LOS ANGELES – Sci-fi action flick “Rampage” topped North American box offices over the weekend, taking in an estimated $34.5 million(R416.17 million) to barely beat out horror film “A Quiet Place,” industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.

“Rampage” stars hard-working Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson in a plot perhaps better seen than described: He plays a primatologist who befriends an albino gorilla who grows to enormous size after a rogue experiment and who then teams with Johnson to stop invading monsters.

While the three-day take for the new Warner Bros. film was said to be one of the best ever for a video game spinoff, its $120 million budget means the movie “will need to have strong legs to make its money back,” Hollywood Reporter said. Naomie Harris co-stars.