Heretic, the new film by directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods — the writing duo behind A Quiet Place — is slowly climbing up the box office ranks in a year that hasn’t been forgiving for the horror genre.

The Last Dance” was the No. 1 movie at the box office, collecting $16.2 million in ticket sales in U.S. and Canadian theaters.

Heretic and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever have made strong debuts, but it was Venom: The Last Dance that won the box office for the third consecutive weekend.