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tomatometer:

86% Don't Breathe

26% Suicide Squad

87% Pete's Dragon

96% Kubo and the Two Strings

82% Sausage Party

61% The Light Between Oceans
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43% Morgan

metacritic:

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‘Don’t Breathe’ Frightens Competition at Labor Day Box Office

But the holiday proved tough for two new entries into the market. Disney’s “The Light Between Oceans” was heading for a modest sixth-place finish with $6.1 million at 1,500 sites and Fox’s sci-fi thriller “Morgan” was nearly invisible with $2.4 million at 2,020, leaving it in 18th place.


Monday will also mark the final day for summer box office with the last year’s $4.48 billion, according to comScore. That would be about even with last summer’s total but 5.5% behind the 2013 record of $4.75 billion. The Labor Day frame is performing better than last year’s, when Sony’s second weekend of “The War Room” won with $13.3 million over the four days.

“Don’t Breathe” will hit nearly $55 million in its first 11 days and is already in profit for Sony, thanks its price tag of less than $10 million. The tale of a home-invasion burglary gone bad is the latest in a long line of strong performers in the horror category this summer, including two New Line entries — “The Conjuring 2” and “Lights Out” — Universals’ “The Purge: Election Year” and Sony’s “The Shallows.”

“Suicide Squad” declined by only 18% during the Friday-Sunday period and has become the eighth title to top the $300 million mark this year.

Disney’s fourth weekend of fantasy-adventure “Pete’s Dragon” was leading the rest of the pack with an estimated $8.9 million for the four days, edging Focus Features’ third frame of animated drama “Kubo and the Two Strings” with $8.7 million. Sony’s fourth weekend of “Sausage Party” is following in fifth with $6.7 million for a total of nearly $90 million.

Disney’s launch of period drama “Oceans” premiered Thursday in competition at the Venice Film Festival. Starring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Rachel Weisz, the film is the final DreamWorks title being distributed by Disney through its Touchstone label with future DreamWorks movie going out through Universal.

“The Light Between Oceans,” which carries a $20 million production budget, is directed by Derek Cianfrance from his own script based on the M.L. Stedman novel.

“Morgan,” directed by Luke Scott, centers on an intelligent robot — played by Anya Taylor-Joy — who attacks one of her creators. The ensemble cast includes Kate Mara, Toby Jones, Rose Leslie, Boyd Holbrook, Michelle Yeoh, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Paul Giamatti.

“Morgan” is a low-risk proposition for Fox with a skimpy $6 million budget. Scott is the son of Ridley Scott and has been a second-unit director on two of his father’s recent movies — “The Martian” and “Exodus: Gods and Kings.”

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[Slayven]

Bad moms is the real MVP

 

[DeathyBoy]

Suicide Squad never gonna hit the 800m to break even

 

[zero_suit]

Impressive hold for SS.

 

[kmfdmpig]

Why does the article say SS has crossed 300 when the chart shows it at 297.4? It'll cross tomorrow, but it hasn't crossed it yet.

 

[CREMSteve]

Don't Breathe was terrific, glad to see it's doing well.

 

[Sanjuro]

WB should have focused their efforts on the Bad Moms Cinematic Universe.

 

[weepy]

WTF at Finding Dory. Wow.

 

[DeathyBoy]

WB should have focused their efforts on the Bad Moms Cinematic Universe.

They're rocking the Bad Dads tho.

 

[Ridley327]

Not surprised to see The Light Between Oceans falter. Even if you discount Disney shoving it out there to complete the Dreamworks deal, the reviews simply weren't strong enough to attract a bigger audience, and that's exactly the kind of film where they matter.

 

[kmfdmpig]

Glad to see Kubo dropped only a little this weekend. I know it will lose money, but hopefully the losses are as small as possible as it's such a good film.

 

[Sanjuro]

They're rocking the Bad Dads tho.

 

[FTF]

WTF at Finding Dory. Wow.

Added back into 1,700 theaters for labor day weekend.

 

[DeathyBoy]

Jon Kent can shove his hero cake up his assx

 

[alfredofroylan]

Weird to see Ghostbusters out of the top 20 after they got +657 theaters this week. Box Office Mojo count budget theaters too?

 

[jrush64]

Kubo was really dope.

 

[Kusagari]

Weird to see Ghostbusters out of the top 20 after they got +657 theaters this week. Box Office Mojo count budget theaters too?

It was 21.

 

[Calm waterfall]

SS is almost at 300 million.

 

[3N16MA]

Big fail for SS. Won't touch JW DOM total and won't get close to Avatars OS total. WB is going to take a 600-700M loss on that film.

 

[DeathyBoy]

Big fail for SS. Won't touch JW DOM total and won't get close to Avatars OS total. WB is going to take a 600-700M loss on that film.

I heard they cancelled JL already.

 

[Corpsepyre]

Why does the article say SS has crossed 300 when the chart shows it at 297.4? It'll cross tomorrow, but it hasn't crossed it yet.

Yeah, what the hell? Can't let it cross $300 when it hasn't. DC must suffer till its last breath!!!

 

[Alrus]

That hold for Don't Breathe is amazing.

Pretty good week end for Suicide Squad too.

Pete Dragon seems to be holding out okay-ish, considering the low budget it won't be a disaster like The BFG was.

Morgan is a complete bomb but that movie seemed dumb anyway.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Dont Breathe is R-Rated?

 

[Alrus]

Dont Breathe is R-Rated?

Yes (considering what happens in the movie it'd be surprising if it wasn't tbh).

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

Lol at Morgan. It actually has a decent cast and was cheap to make. Still is a bomb.

 

[Saturnman]

Why does the article say SS has crossed 300 when the chart shows it at 297.4? It'll cross tomorrow, but it hasn't crossed it yet.

boxofficemojo estimates it will cross 300 by early Tuesday. 2 weeks earlier than GotG did in its theater run.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Yes (considering what happens in the movie it'd be surprising if it wasn't tbh).

Nice. Its always good when this happens.

 

[H.Cornerstone]

Glad to see Hell or Highwater doing (relatively) well.

Sad Star Trek Beyond isn't doing better.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Shit blockbuster gets a shitload of money, more news at 11.

 

[DeathyBoy]

Shit blockbuster gets a shitload of money, more news at 11.

I'm just happy it outgrossed Thor 2. Even with that Avengers rub Thor got outgrossed by a film starring Deadshot.

Bwahahaha

 

[Litan]

I'm just happy it outgrossed Thor 2. Even with that Avengers rub Thor got outgrossed by a film starring Deadshot.

Bwahahaha

Bruh, the movie heavily advertised Joker and had Harley and Will Smith with a little batman thrown in.

This ain't no underdog story.

 

[shira]

Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn (26%) just eked out Kevin Smith's Harley Quinn (21%)

 

[DeathyBoy]

Bruh, the movie heavily advertised Joker and had Harley and Will Smith with a little batman thrown in.

This ain't no underdog story.

Easy mate, I was just playing mahjong with me nana.

 

[BumRush]

Pete's dragon should make its money back internationally.

 

[Diprosalic]

saddens me a little that a movie like that can make serious bank.
i still hope DC will improve their movies even though the garbage they put out post-Nolan were profitable. SS bombing could've shaken things up a bit but oh well...

 

[DeathyBoy]

saddens me a little that a movie like that can make serious bank.
i still hope DC will improve their movies even though the garbage they put out post-Nolan were profitable. SS bombing could've shaken things up a bit.

It saddens me that JW made over a billion, I got over it.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

It saddens me that JW made over a billion, I got over it.

JW is still the worst offender of all

 

[obin_gam]

Don't Breathe was worse than BvS.
I do not get the hype. It was fucking laughable.

Yes (considering what happens in the movie it'd be surprising if it wasn't tbh).

What? What should be R in the movie according to you? I can't see anything over PG.

Spoiler

If you're saying the jizz-injector, that was just stupid.

 

[Jawmuncher]

It saddens me that JW made over a billion, I got over it.

JW is still the worst offender of all

More dinosaurs is never a bad thing.

 

[Alex_Mexico]

Does SS' domestic income have a chance of topping Deadpool's?

 

[Diprosalic]

It saddens me that JW made over a billion, I got over it.

compared to SS, JW almost looks like Citizen Kane tho.

i wanted a good DC cinematic universe, probably too late for that now. i'll wait for the reboot in 10+ years.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

More dinosaurs is never a bad thing.

Its not like anyone puts now Dinosaurs in their movies. Doesnt even seems like Universal cares now more about them

 

[Jawmuncher]

Its not like anyone puts now Dinosaurs in their movies. Doesnt even seems like Universal cares now more about them

I gotta take what I can get.

 

[Saturnman]

Does SS' domestic income have a chance of topping Deadpool's?

Not enough momemtum so probably not.

 

[Durock]

Just finished watching Morgan. I liked it. Lot of great acting and the story was decent enough.

 

[CaviarMeths]

Does SS' domestic income have a chance of topping Deadpool's?

It will likely be the #4 comic book movie of the year behind Civil War, Deadpool, and Batman v Superman.

 

[Escape Goat]

At least this week's thread title makes sense. Thats all I care about.

 

[Sean C]

All parents who took their kids to see The Secret Life of Pets and/or The Jungle Book but not Pete's Dragon should hang their heads in shame.

 

[AMUSIX]

It will likely be the #4 comic book movie of the year behind Civil War, Deadpool, and Batman v Superman.

Took me a moment to remember there was a 5th...was going to say being #4 of 4 isn't a huge prediction.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

More dinosaurs is never a bad thing.

Except for Jurassic World.

Alan!