“Don’t Breathe” topped the box office race this four-day weekend, the latest in the horror-movie-shot-on-a-shoestring-budget genre to be number one.
Studio estimates from Sony project a $19.6 million take for the movie over the four days ending at midnight tonight. It’s already well ahead of its production costs with $55 million in the bank over two weeks, according to comScore.
Number two was “Suicide Squad,” with $12.8 million in sales. Over five weeks it has amassed $300.2 million in the United States and Canada, according to studio estimates gathered by comScore.
Two kidflicks came in nearly tied for third and fourth: “Pete’s Dragon” at $8.583 million and “Kubo And The Two Strings” at $8.537 million.
And the raunchy “Sausage Party” was in fifth place with $6.5 million on its fourth weekend of exhibition, and $89.6 million in sales over four weeks.
Rounding out the 10 most-popular films in North America over the four- day weekend, as estimated by the studios and collated by comScore, were “War Dogs” ($6.25 million), “Bad Moms” ($6 million), “The Light Between Oceans,” (opening in limited release at $5.9 million), “Hell Or High Water” ($5.6 million) and “Mechanic: Resurrection” ($5.5 million).
The rfesults reflect a Hollywood industry that had a roller coaster summer, with total box office receipts coming in flat, a movie analyst said.
“Overall summer revenue for 2016 is still in a neck and neck battle with last year, that could put this summer statistically dead even with the summer of 2015’s $4.5 billion final full season total,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the industry analyst at comScore.
—City News Service