Made on a budget of $10 million, Don’t Breathe tells the story of a group of teens who attempt to rob the house of a blind veteran – and it doesn’t go well…
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Sony Pictures marketing chief Josh Greenstein noted how rare it was for a film in this genre to resonate so deeply with critics – its current Rotten Tomatoes score is 87%. Hey, any time any horror movie is a success at the box office is good, as it means big studios will continue to produce scary movies. “(They) can nearly always be counted on to make money”.
Horror films, Dergarabedian said, perform very well on home video too.
Suicide Squad took in $12.1 million and fell to second place after three weeks at number one.
Laika’s family film ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ opened in the #4 spot last week, but thanks to a light 37% decline in attendance, it managed to climb up to #3 this weekend. The first, “The Mechanic”, about an elite hitman, opened to $11 million when it was released by CBS Films in 2011.
Meanwhile, Southside With You, about Barack and Michelle Obama’s first date, took $3.1m (£2.4m) on a more limited release. This news story is related to Latest/146389-Dont-Breathe-scares-off-box-office-competition/ – breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne.
As the article suggests, horror movies have already had some success this summer.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at US and Canadian theaters, according to comScore.
Note: Numbers include Sunday estimates and are three-day estimates. “Don’t Breathe”, starring Jane Levy and Stephen Lange, pulled in an additional $1.9 million overseas, bringing its worldwide total to $28.0 million.
The summer movie season is coming to a close, and it seemed like Suicide Squad would rule all the way through Labor Day.
Outside of the weekend’s new wide releases we have the continued expansion of CBS Films and Lionsgate’s Hell or High Water, which delivered $2.69 million last weekend from 472 theaters.
Pete’s Dragon was down one spot in its third weekend to #6 with $7.3 million, which was down a nice 36% from last week. With $8.7 million in global sales, its worldwide total is up to $88.7 million. 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. Not bad at all for a flick that cost around $10 million.
Jason Bourne fared well too slipping 35% to an estimated $5.2M giving Universal $149.4M to date.
Ben-Hur followed up its disastrous opening weekend with a heavy second-weekend drop, down 60% to finish at #10 with $4.5 million.
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With a title like Mechanic: Resurrection you might expect the sequel to serve as a resurgence for the franchise, but this weekend it proved to be more of a nail in the coffin.
