It seems like it was only a month ago when audiences were raising hell on how critics rated Suicide Squad<\/i>. Yet, here in its second weekend we have a film that doesn’t feature superheroes (but does feature heroism); has received positive reviews from critics; and completely dominated three new releases, including sequels for properties that haven’t had sequels in more than a decade. <\/p>\n
The combination of Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks was too good an offer for audiences to pass up so once again Sully<\/I> gets the lion’s share of the box office receipts with an estimated haul of $22 million. That’s a pretty strong hold for a drama in its second weekend, only registering a 37.2% drop in attendance. <\/p>\n
Spots two through four were occupied by new releases Blair Witch<\/i>, Bridget Jones’s Baby<\/I>, and Snowden<\/I>. Adam Wingard’s take on the witch in the Black Hills Forest generated little in the way of buzz, despite being developed as the movie The Woods<\/I> before it was revealed a few months back it was actually a sequel to 1999’s The Blair Witch Project<\/I>. $5 million to produce, the found-footage horror flick registered $9.65 million. Not bad, but don’t expect it to do the business the original did. Bridget Jones’s Baby<\/I> is a sequel to 2004’s Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason<\/I>. Probably nine years too late in sequel years, it did make nearly as much as Edge of Reason<\/I> did its opening weekend. However, the difference in theater count has the 2004 comedy opening on 530 screens vs. BJB<\/I> opening on 2,927. Yeah, per-screen averages took quite a dip. <\/p>\n
Open Road’s Snowden<\/I> made $8 million vs. a $40 million budget. Oliver Stone’s political thriller about patriot\/villain Edward Snowden is tailor made for general audiences who missed the documentary CitizenFour<\/I> or found it to be too boring with technical jargon that made it a slog to watch (not me). <\/p>\n
Don’t Breathe<\/i> continues to be a thrilling hit for Screen Gems as it has spent a month in the top ten and has made an impressive $75 million. Screen Gems’ other release, When the Bough Breaks<\/I> dropped from second place to sixth in weekend No. 2 as it added another $5.5 million to its $22.6 million total. <\/p>\n
Oh, and the best animated film of the year, Kubo and the Two Strings<\/I> finished its fifth weekend in the top 10 with $2.5 million. <\/p>\n
Notable titles opening in limited release included Ron Howard’s documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years<\/i> ($615k at 85 theaters), Eddie Murphy’s Mr. Church<\/I> ($407k at 354 theaters)), and the Compaq computer documentary Silicon Cowboys<\/i> ($5k at 12 theaters).<\/p>\n
On tap for the weekend we have Antoine Fuqua’s remake of The Magnificent Seven<\/I> starring Denzel Washington vs. the animated release Storks<\/I>. Denzel is typically good for a $22 to $27 million opening so expect it to dethrone Eastwood and Hanks and claim the top spot. <\/p>\n
Complete top ten below. <\/p>\n
01. Sully<\/strong> – $22 Million ($70.5m) Audiences skip sequels in favor of Eastwood\/Hanks combo. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32453,1130],"tags":[124789,11992,124790,124791,124725],"zone":[121874],"series":[],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/insidepulse.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/insidepulse.com\/feed\/podcast\/inside-pulse","embedCode":"
\n02. Blair Witch<\/strong> – $9.65 Million
\n03. Bridget Jones’s Baby<\/strong> – $8.2 Million
\n04. Snowden<\/strong> – $8 Million
\n05. Don’t Breathe<\/strong> – $5.6 Million ($75.3m)
\n06. When the Bough Breaks<\/strong> – $5.5 Million ($22.6m)
\n07. Suicide Squad<\/strong> – $4.7 Million ($313.7m)
\n08. The Wild Life<\/strong> – $2.65 Million ($6.6m)
\n09. Kubo and the Two Strings<\/strong> – $2.5 Million ($44.2m)
\n10. Pete’s Dragon<\/strong> – $2 Million ($72.8m)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Box Office: Sully<\/i> Puts Blair Witch<\/I> In A Corner, Repeats As No. 1<\/a><\/blockquote>