The other movies to release with Don’t Breathe in the last weekend of August included, Obama biographical romance Southside With You, action film Mechanic: Resurrection, and the Roberto Duran boxing biopic Hands of Stone.
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The horror movie “Don’t Breathe” has reason to let out a big sigh of relief.
Kubo and the Two Strings landed in third place in its second weekend with $7.9M.it now stands at $18.96M domesitically.
Outside the top 10, Roadside Attractions’ Sundance hit Southside with You, the dramatic retelling of Barack and Michelle Obama’s first date, grossed a lukewarm $3 million on 813 screens, averaging $3,764 per-screen. Miramax and Roadside Attractions partnered in picking up US rights to Southside out of the Sundance Film Festival, where the film was met with critical acclaim.
Mechanic: Resurrection opened to $7.5 million from 3,246 theaters. The animated film has a worldwide cume of $27.6 million for its two-week run.
Overall the box office was up 32 percent from this weekend past year when “Straight Outta Compton” opened. It earned about million in the country over the course of six days. The supervillain ensemble movie places a distant second with $12.1 million (£9.2 million), helping to boost its domestic take to $282.9 million (£216 million) in its three weeks on release.
Out of America and Canada, “Don’t Breathe” brought in an estimated 1.9 million dollars from seven worldwide markets. The film, which stars Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto, and Stephen Lang – and was directed by Evil Dead remake director Fede Alvarez, received mostly favorable reviews from critics. It is expected that Don’t Breathe will close out its stay in movie theaters between 55 and 65 million dollars. It took in about $3 million from around 800 locations. But although it and Sausage Party have surged as late summer surprise hits, full on blockbusters are on a hibernation until the fall. It is showing a bit more overseas strength than might be expected for what was marketed as a war on terror-related film; that genre doesn’t often perform almost as well internationally.
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“Ben-Hur”, $4.5 million ($6.3 million international). Where available, the latest worldwide numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included.
