Weekend Box Office: 'Sully' Tops for the Week
by EG
The based-on-a-true-story drama Sully won the weekend box-office race, and another of the week's new movies placed a strong second. The other two of the week's new movies, however, had trouble finding audiences during this first true weekend of the fall movie season.
The winner of the week, Sully, had an especially strong showing, earning $35.5 million.That's one of the top five September opening weekends of all time, and it's the first time star Tom Hanks has had a number-one film since 2009. More importantly, the film is getting good reviews and positive word of mouth, so it's likely to perform well in the weeks to come.
Second place for the weekend goes to the thriller When the Bough Breaks. It's a distant second, though, with a total estimated take of about $15 million. Unlike Sully, this one is getting terrible reviews and mediocre reaction from audiences, so don't expect it to have a similarly impressive weekend next week.
Third and fourth places went to Don't Breathe and Suicide Squad, the films that had held first and second places the previous two weeks.
The new animated family film The Wild Life rounds out the weekend's top five, barely edging out Kubo and the Two Strings.
The week's final new release, the horror film The Disappointments Room, had a horrific weekend, earning only $1.4 million and falling into 17th place.