Los Angeles: Sony's 'Goosebumps' beat 'The Martian' to win the box office race this week, taking in USD 23.5 million in its opening weekend from across 3,501 theatres in North America.

Goosebumps. Pic/Santa Banta

'Goosebumps' stars Jack Black as the famous writer R.L. Stine whose literary characters -- a collection of ghouls and ghosts -- escape from his books and wreak havoc on the world.