‘It proves that going to the movies is not just a youth-driven habit.
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At number 5 Chinese film The Age Of Shadows makes its debut with $16 million, very good consider the single territory it is released in.Also new at number 7 this week is When The Bow Breaks which grosses $15 million from its USA release.
Tom Hanks’ latest movie Sully has taken the lead in the North American box chart over the weekend. “Clint Eastwood is the master of being understated. he always wants the film to speak for itself, and it did”. In fact, according to comScore’s PostTrak audience survey, 39 percent turned out because of Hanks. The film, which was the first Hollywood feature film to ever be shot 100% with IMAX cameras, was also the largest September IMAX opening for a wide release, pulling in an estimated $4 million from 375 IMAX locations.
Another premiere was in second place: “When The Bough Breaks” with $15 million. Considering the film has a production budget of a reported $60 million, this was a very strong start for the picture, especially for the month of September, which is typically not a big month for major releases. Overall, this weekend’s top twelve delivered almost $86 million, a small uptick from the same weekend a year ago with almost 60% of the top twelve cumulative gross coming from the top two new releases.
On the kids front, with most films having shuffled off and nowhere near enough people going to see Kubo and the Two Strings, Lionsgate brought out The Wild Life, which is known as Robinson Crusoe overseas. They’re already in the profit mode. The film didn’t score well with critics at all, pulling in a zero percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, granted with only nine reviews, but it’s a zero nonetheless. And yet the film performed well.
It exceeded expectations of its first week’s takings, which were around $25m (£19m), to knock the last fortnight’s leader Don’t Breathe into third place. The movie is a solid box office bomb, leaving executive producers holding the bag on a $15 million budget. “Sully”, $35.5 million ($9.5 million international). 2.
Suicide Squad raked in an estimated $5.7 million, and worldwide is a smash with $699.4 million pulled in.
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The superhero film, which has the twist of making villains the main characters, has now made more than $307 million in North America alone.
