KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 – Jackie Chan's action comedy, Panda plantakes the top spot at the local box office as the horror sequel with its signature blend of humor and heart-pounding stunts Smile 2 doesn't creep in too far behind.

With comedy and horror taking center stage this Halloween season, you don't have to limit yourself to just the movies.

Malaysian Post brings you a new roundup of the 10 best local and international films, series, music and books of the week, so dive in and discover our weekend selection!

Top 10 Films in Local Cinemas (Domestic and International) (October 17-20)

1. Panda plan
2. Smile 2
3. Vettaiyan
4. High powers
5. The wild robot
6. Thaghut
7. Joker: Folie À Deux
8. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
9. Siccin 7
10. Reeza GTR

Source: Cinema.com and GSC

Top 10 Streaming on Netflix and Viu (October 14th to 20th)

Netflix (Top 10 TV)

TV series

1. Culinary Class Wars: Season 1
2. Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance: Season 1
3. DAN DA DAN
4. Doubt: Season 1
5. Deceitful Love: Limited Series
6. The Legend of Nang Nak: Season 1
7. Blue Castle: BLUE CASTLE VS. U-20 JAPAN
8. Mechamato – The Animated Series: Season 3
9. A Virtuous Business: Limited Series
10. Chucky: Season 1

Source: Netflix Top 10

Viu (Top 10 Shows)

1. Di Hatiku Ada Kamu
2. Family of choice
3. Running Man (2024)
4. Andartu Cosmopolitan
5. Assalamualaikum Calon Imam
6. From Saga With Love 2
7. Continue!
8. What comes after love
9. From Saga With Love
10. Cinderella at 2am

Source: Viu Frontpage and Instagram

Top 10 Songs of the Week (Spotify) (October 16-23)

1. ROSE – SUITABLE. (with Bruno Mars)
2. Lady Gaga – Die with a smile (with Bruno Mars)
3. JENNIE – Mantra
4. Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF ONE FEATHER
5. LISA – Moonlit ground
6. Insomniac – Memories
7. One direction – Night changes
8. Billie Eilish – WILD FLOWER
9. KATSEYE – Touch
10. Jimin – WHO

Top 10 Malay Songs of the Week (Spotify) (October 16-23)

1. Mahalini – Sampai Menutup Mata
2. Ernie Zakri – Masing Masing (with Ade Govinda)
3. Zizan Razak, SonaOne – Chentaku (feat. SonaOne)
4. Insomniac – reminiscence
5. Rio Clappy – Bunga Abadi
6. Caleb J – Di Balik Pertanda
7. Ryenald Guntabid – lumangad oku dika
8. Noh Salleh – Rahsia Tuhan
9. Jazz – Boleh Merindu
10. Alfie Zumi and Sarah Suhairi – SAW

Source: kworb.net and Spotify

Top 10 Books of the Week (October 11th to 17th)

fiction

1. Percy Jackson and the Olympians #07: Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan (Disney Hyperion)
2. intermezzo by Sally Rooney (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
3. Yeonnam-dong's Smiley Laundromat by Kim Jiyun (MacLehose Press)
4. Days at Morisaki Bookstore by Satoshi Yagisawa (HarperCollins)
5. The vegetarian by Han Kang (Hogarth)
6. Before we forget kindness (Before the coffee gets cold #5) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (Picador)
7. As long as the lemon trees grow by Zoulfa Katouh (Little brown books for young readers)
8. It ends with us by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books)
9. The Blanket Cats by Kiyoshi Shigematsu (MacLehose Press)
10. We will prescribe a cat for you by Syou Ishida (Berkley)

Non-fiction books

1. The internal siege by Leslie Lopez (PRH Sea)
2. Surrounded by idiots by Thomas Erikson (St. Martin's Essentials)
3. Atomic Habits by James Clear (Penguin Books)
4. Once upon a time Miao 4: My school holidays by Jian Goh & Cheeming Boey (Goh Kheng Swee & Boey Chee Ming)
5. Second start by Liew Chin Tong (world science)
6. I want to die, but I still want to eat tteokbokki by Baek Sehee (Penerbit Haru)
7. The art of letting go by Nick Trenton (NTCS Inc)
8. Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari (Random House)
9. The Revenge of the Turning Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown and Company)
10. Kind words for unkind days by Jayne Hardy (Orion Spring)

Mutiara Minda (Malay novels)

1. Thariq Ridzuwan Commandos: His treasure by Hudanajwa (creative idea)
2. Uncle Bo's mom by Nurul Syahida (Alaf 21)
3. Bayang sofa by Teme Abdullah (Iman Publication)
4. Yes! Captain Zul Aaryan of Wnfhanna (idea creative)
5. Semesta Terakhir for the daycare center by Ainulfarihah (Iman Publication)
6. Chef's kitchen by Effalee (Mane's Wordworks)
7. His code name: Alpha by Elyshakaman (creative idea)
8. Kita Cuma Kawan, Kan? by Auni Zainal (Iman Publication)
9. Mr. Headhunter by Ariaseva (Penerbitan Idea Kreatif)
10. Mahadewi: Legenda Ratu by Elvroseth (Bookiut)

Source: MPH