Don’t Breathe scared away the dog days of August at the North American box office, opening to $26.1 million from 3,501 theaters, well ahead of expectations and easily placing No. 1. The movie, from Sony’s Screen Gems and Stage 6 Films, is sure to be profitable for the studio, considering it cost $10 million to make.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, August 28, are as follows:
# | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Total | ||
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3-Day Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | ||||
1 | Don’t Breathe | Sony | $26,115,000 | 3,051 | $8,559 | $26,115,000 |
2 | Suicide Squad | Warner Bros. | $12,110,000 | 3,582 | $3,381 | $282,882,627 |
3 | Kubo And The Two Strings | Focus Features | $7,909,000 | 3,279 | $2,412 | $24,920,378 |
4 | Sausage Party | Sony | $7,665,000 | 3,135 | $2,445 | $80,008,510 |
5 | Mechanic: Resurrection | Lionsgate | $7,500,000 | 2,258 | $3,322 | $7,500,000 |
6 | Pete’s Dragon | Disney | $7,282,000 | 3,244 | $2,245 | $54,715,378 |
7 | War Dogs | Warner Bros. | $7,255,000 | 3,258 | $2,227 | $27,757,687 |
8 | Bad Moms | STX Entertainment | $5,760,000 | 2,565 | $2,246 | $95,453,235 |
9 | Jason Bourne | Universal | $5,229,490 | 2,445 | $2,139 | $149,356,725 |
10 | Ben-Hur | Paramount | $4,530,000 | 3,084 | $1,469 | $19,552,877 |
11 | Secret Life Of Pets, The | Universal | $3,759,810 | 2,091 | $1,798 | $353,220,815 |
12 | Hell Or High Water | Lionsgate | $3,725,000 | 909 | $4,098 | $8,564,099 |