Weekend Actuals: ‘Suicide Squad’ Leads w/ $20.8M; ‘War Dogs’ Starts w/ $14.6M; ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ Opens w/ $12.6M; ‘Ben-Hur’ Tanks w/ $11.2M

News & Analysis • Boxoffice Staff • August 22 2016

Warner Bros.’ superhero film Suicide Squad led the box office for the third straight weekend with $20.85 million. Sony’s animated Sausage Party took second place for a second consecutive frame with $15.48 million. Warner Bros.’ War Dogs debuted in third place and performed the best of the weekend’s three debuts with $14.68 million. Focus Features’Kubo and the Two Strings took fourth place and had the lowest opening of any of Laika’s five stop-motion animated films with $12.60 million. And Paramount’s historical action remake Ben-Hur crashed with a terrible $11.23 million opening in sixth place.

Weekend Actuals for Friday, August 19 – Sunday, August 21, 2016:

WIDE (1000+)
# TITLE WEEKEND LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST.
1 Suicide Squad $20,855,401 -52% 3,924 -331 $5,315 $262,428,736 3 Warner Bros.
2 Sausage Party $15,485,577 -55% 3,103 0 $4,991 $65,486,596 2 Sony / Columbia
3 War Dogs $14,685,305 — 3,258 — $4,507 $14,685,305 1 Warner Bros.
4 Kubo and the Two Strings $12,608,372 — 3,260 — $3,868 $12,608,372 1 Focus
5 Pete’s Dragon (2016) $11,349,938 -47% 3,702 0 $3,066 $42,911,207 2 Disney
6 Ben-Hur (2016) $11,203,815 — 3,084 — $3,633 $11,203,815 1 Paramount
7 Jason Bourne $8,016,895 -42% 2,887 -641 $2,777 $140,920,180 4 Universal
8 Bad Moms $7,946,885 -30% 2,811 -377 $2,827 $85,679,313 4 STX Entertainment
9 The Secret Life of Pets $5,880,500 -35% 2,404 -554 $2,446 $346,832,530 7 Universal
10 Florence Foster Jenkins $4,384,511 -34% 1,528 0 $2,869 $14,490,254 2 Paramount
11 Star Trek Beyond $3,946,356 -43% 1,966 -611 $2,007 $146,877,726 5 Paramount
12 Nine Lives (2016) $1,402,557 -60% 1,364 -900 $1,028 $17,056,581 3 EuropaCorp Films

LIMITED (100 — 999)
# TITLE WEEKEND LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST.
1 Hell or High Water $2,692,811 333% 472 440 $5,705 $3,570,498 2 CBS Films / Lionsgate
2 Lights Out $1,601,441 -50% 942 -710 $1,700 $64,221,817 5 Warner Bros. / New Line
3 Nerve $1,191,949 -55% 859 -918 $1,388 $35,795,014 4 Lionsgate
4 Ghostbusters (2016) $1,072,638 -53% 788 -649 $1,361 $123,933,072 6 Sony / Columbia
5 Finding Dory $907,012 -31% 450 -181 $2,016 $478,436,176 10 Disney
6 Ice Age: Collision Course $905,479 -56% 782 -766 $1,158 $60,833,769 5 Fox
7 Anthropoid $560,488 -55% 441 -11 $1,271 $2,345,025 2 Bleecker Street
8 Indignation $519,413 -32% 317 50 $1,639 $2,336,817 4 Roadside / Summit
9 Cafe Society $499,208 -47% 271 -184 $1,842 $9,410,873 6 Lionsgate / Amazon
10 Don’t Think Twice $382,500 5% 100 30 $3,825 $1,753,975 5 The Film Arcade
11 The Legend of Tarzan $381,894 3% 338 5 $1,130 $125,440,608 8 Warner Bros.
12 The BFG $359,607 31% 207 14 $1,737 $53,864,088 8 Disney / DreamWorks
13 Central Intelligence $270,320 -34% 256 -39 $1,056 $127,103,300 10 Warner Bros. / New Line
14 Captain Fantastic $238,207 -32% 153 -22 $1,557 $4,692,462 7 Bleecker Street
15 Mohenjo Daro $173,546 -77% 170 -76 $1,021 $1,164,785 2 UTV Motion Pictures
16 Hunt for the Wilderpeople $165,281 -27% 125 -15 $1,322 $4,177,238 9 The Orchard
17 Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates $158,574 49% 112 -27 $1,416 $45,612,940 7 Fox
18 Independence Day: Resurgence $133,833 -10% 156 0 $858 $102,768,413 9 Fox
19 The Jungle Book (2016) $129,143 -32% 152 -34 $850 $363,221,166 19 Disney
20 Hillary’s America – The Secret History of the Democratic Party $121,819 -63% 140 -187 $870 $12,340,636 6 D’Souza EntertainmentQuality Flix
21 Now You See Me 2 $107,434 -12% 126 -25 $853 $65,030,563 11 Lionsgate / Summit
22 Captain America: Civil War $94,335 -48% 117 -45 $806 $407,711,300 16 Disney
23 The Shallows $75,563 -31% 108 -14 $700 $54,521,429 9 Sony / Columbia

PLATFORM (1 — 99)
# TITLE WEEKEND LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST.
1 Operation Chromite $162,292 -46% 47 -67 $3,453 $740,266 3 CJ Entertainment
2 Happy Bhaag Jayegi $159,895 — 78 — $2,050 $159,895 1 Eros International
3 A Beautiful Planet $135,960 -7% 34 -1 $3,999 $5,424,485 17 IMAX
4 Equity $132,862 1% 43 13 $3,090 $523,205 4 Sony Pictures Classics
5 Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV $119,801 — 24 — $4,992 $119,801 1 Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Inc.
6 Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World $114,273 — 39 — $2,930 $114,273 1 Magnolia Pictures
7 Train To Busan $81,461 -37% 21 -7 $3,879 $1,531,344 5 Inc. Well Go USA
8 Little Men (2016) $63,957 6% 28 18 $2,284 $197,205 3 Magnolia Pictures
9 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows $62,680 -38% 85 -32 $737 $81,923,336 12 Paramount
10 Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie $56,592 -54% 52 -39 $1,088 $4,583,511 5 Fox Searchlight
11 The Infiltrator $52,121 -17% 47 8 $1,109 $15,181,810 6 Broad Green Pictures
12 A Tale of Love and Darkness $37,170 — 2 — $18,585 $37,170 1 Focus World
13 Gleason $35,257 -73% 56 -92 $630 $545,819 4 Open Road / Amazon
14 The People vs. Fritz Bauer $33,781 — 6 — $5,630 $33,781 1 Cohen Media Group
15 The Angry Birds Movie $29,829 -55% 69 -40 $432 $107,452,667 14 Sony / Columbia
16 Our Little Sister $26,057 -14% 33 11 $790 $321,520 7 Sony Pictures Classics
17 Sweet Sixteen (Xia You Qiao Mu) $21,439 — 9 — $2,382 $21,439 1 China Lion Entertainment
18 The Conjuring 2 $21,263 -64% 42 -39 $506 $102,461,593 11 Warner Bros. / New Line
19 Alice Through the Looking Glass $20,753 -60% 44 -42 $472 $77,018,347 13 Disney
20 Morris from America $15,673 — 2 — $7,837 $15,673 1 A24
21 Love & Friendship $15,054 -38% 15 -8 $1,004 $13,965,179 15 Roadside / Amazon
22 Eat That Question $11,455 -46% 22 -7 $521 $318,770 9 Sony Pictures Classics
23 The Music of Strangers $11,366 -7% 20 -1 $568 $1,101,616 11
24 The Innocents $10,693 -65% 18 -19 $594 $946,701 8 Music Box Films
25 The Lobster $10,541 -40% 7 -3 $1,506 $9,052,422 22 A24
26 Tickled $9,478 -17% 13 1 $729 $585,687 10 Magnolia Pictures
27 Spa Night $7,056 — 1 — $7,056 $7,056 1 Strand Releasing
28 Swiss Army Man $6,996 -40% 16 0 $437 $4,171,649 9 A24
29 My King $6,707 7% 4 3 $1,677 $17,469 2 Film Movement
30 Born to Be Wild 3D $6,654 -12% 4 -1 $1,664 $24,920,462 281 Warner Bros. / IMAX
31 My Love, Don’t Cross That River $6,003 1033% 3 2 $2,001 $75,202 10
32 Ixcanul $5,980 — 1 — $5,980 $5,980 1 Kino Lorber
33 Hieronymus Bosch: Touched By The Devil $5,511 -54% 5 0 $1,102 $76,613 4 Kino Lorber
34 Maggie’s Plan $5,503 -54% 15 0 $367 $3,332,321 14 Sony Pictures Classics
35 Life, Animated $4,753 -16% 10 -13 $475 $218,630 8 The Orchard
36 Never $4,312 — 2 — $2,156 $4,312 1 Indican Pictures
37 Our Kind of Traitor $3,439 -60% 9 1 $382 $3,139,219 8 Roadside Attractions
38 Sweet Bean $3,095 -51% 4 0 $774 $113,127 23 Kino Lorber
39 Miss Sharon Jones! $2,838 -65% 5 -1 $568 $48,099 4 Starz Digital
40 The Kind Words $2,681 -55% 3 -4 $894 $132,893 9 Strand Releasing
41 Under the Sea 3D $2,667 -29% 3 -2 $889 $35,081,872 393 Warner Bros. / IMAX
42 When Two Worlds Collide $2,548 — 1 — $2,548 $4,262 1 First Run Features
43 Front Cover $2,328 -59% 3 1 $776 $21,431 3 Strand Releasing
44 The Tenth Man $2,161 -48% 3 0 $720 $41,640 3 Kino Lorber
45 Dark Horse (2016) $1,517 -70% 2 -3 $759 $904,120 16 Sony Pictures Classics
46 Cosmos $1,461 332% 1 0 $1,461 $20,991 10
47 Love Me True $1,458 -75% 1 -1 $1,458 $8,845 2 Indican Pictures
48 The Meddler $1,373 6% 5 2 $275 $4,265,673 18 Sony Pictures Classics
49 The Black Dove $1,256 -82% 1 -1 $1,256 $10,064 2 Indican Pictures
50 Sunset Song $1,226 357% 2 1 $613 $159,257 15 Magnolia Pictures
51 A Small Good Thing $1,196 — 2 — $598 $1,196 1 Kino Lorber
52 Viktoria $1,167 — 3 — $389 $11,063 17 Big World Pictures
53 The Wailing $851 -80% 5 0 $170 $782,108 14 Well Go USA
54 This Last Lonely Place $804 -87% 1 -1 $804 $9,309 2 Indican Pictures
55 On Meditation $772 72% 2 1 $386 $3,752 2 Kino Lorber
56 Men Go to Battle $596 -41% 3 2 $199 $16,054 7 Film Movement
57 Summertime (2016) $546 -58% 3 0 $182 $33,165 5 Strand Releasing
58 The Witness (2016) $518 -60% 1 0 $518 $148,642 12 FilmRise
59 The Student and Mr. Henri $486 — 1 — $486 $486 1 Distrib Films
60 The Seventh Fire $438 -75% 1 0 $438 $25,126 5 Kino Lorber
61 Down By Love $390 — 2 — $195 $390 1 Distrib Films
62 Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made $389 363% 1 0 $389 $71,877 10
63 Island of Lemurs: Madagascar $351 72% 3 1 $117 $10,663,974 125 Warner Bros. / IMAX
64 Hot Water $350 -77% 1 -1 $350 $6,079 24 Indican Pictures

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