Suicide Squad has as finally been dethroned after dominating the box office. The new suspense thriller Don’t Breathe took the top spot at the box office with a $26.1 million opening weekend. This was much better than expected and I’m curious to see if this film can repeat at number one.
Suicide Squad took second place with $12.1 million and pushed its total domestic gross to $282.9 million after 24 days in theaters. Kubo and the Two Strings is in third place with $7.9 million and Sausage Party is in fourth place with $7.7 million and has crossed $80 million domestically reports Box Office Mojo.
The other new release Mechanic: Resurrection struggled to find a solid audience after grossing $7.5 million during its first weekend and I see this film quickly falling out of the top five. War Dogs brought in $7.2 million and is just under $30 million domestically. I’m surprised this film didn’t find a larger audience. Bad Moms is closing in on $100 million domestically while Jason Bourne is closing in on $150 million domestically.
Weekend gross by Distributor:
Sony Pictures: $34.4 million (+18%)
Warner Bros: $20.1 million (-16.5%)
Paramount Pictures: $9.7 million (-10.1%)
Universal: $9 million (-4.8%)
Disney: $8.6 million (-4.2%)
Focus Features: $7.9 million (-4.7%)
Summit Premiere: $7.5 million (n/a)
STX Entertainment: $5.8 million (-2.3%)
Next week’s openings: The Light Between Oceans, Morgan