Dev Patel‘s highly anticipated feature directorial debut Monkey Man bested 20 Century's supernatural franchise horror pic The First Omen in Thursday night previews at the domestic box office.

Among the new releases, Monkey Man is the stronger next to 20th Century Studios’ The First Omen, $10.5M to $8M+. It seems as though both went after the same demo: Men and 18-34 (both are pulling ...