It's Labor Day weekend in the States, which means summer has come to an end and the autumn/winter awards season is about to kick in. But as the annual reign of the blockbusters gasped its last, there wasn't much for newcomers to crow about. In fact, horror thriller Don't Breathe simply stayed where it was at the top of the US box office with an estimated three-day total of $15.7 million.
Being that it's a holiday weekend, there will be four-day totals to consider, but it's unlikely that positions will change. Don't Breathe dropped 40% and has now made more than $51.1 million in the States alone on a production budget of just under $10 million. Suicide Squad clung to second, adding $10 million to its domestic total, which is closing in on $300 million. Worldwide, the movie has made $672.9 million.
Disney added more screens to Pete's Dragon hoping to get a boost from the holiday family crowd, and the gamble seems to have paid off, as the kid-friendly creature feature swooped back up the charts to third from sixth, adding $6.7 million. Laika's Kubo And The Two Strings was pushed to fourth, earning $6.4 million. And in fifth with find the filthy foods of Sausage Party, with the 'toon taking $5.3 million.
You have to swim to the depths of sixth place to find the first of the new arrivals, romantic drama The Light Between Oceans, which features Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander. It made $4.9 million, which is far from a great start, but much better than another new arrival (more on that at the bottom).
Bad Moms continues to perform well, adding $4.74 million and crossing the $100 million mark domestically, which is generating talk of a potential sequel for the comedy. War Dogs fell to eighth on $4.7 million, while Hell Or High Water boosted its screen count and entered the top 10 at ninth with $4.5 million. Underperforming Jason Statham action sequel Mechanic: Resurrection couldn't cling on, slipping from fifth to 10th with $4.2 million and $14.4 overall in the States so far.
But that was still better than Morgan. The AI thriller, which marks Luke Scott's – son of Ridley – directorial debut, crashed into 17th place with a particularly bruising $1.9 million. And that's despite opening on more than 2,000 screens. Its budget was relatively low (somewhere between $6 million and $8 million), but that's far from a good start.