After taking the top spot on the American box office charts last weekend, true-life drama Sully stayed in place for a second week, seeing of competition from a variety of newcomers. The latest Tom Hanks-starring movie earned $22 million across the three days, according to studio estimates.
Sully's current domestic total now stands at more than $70.5 million, and it only dipped a little from its launch. None of the new arrivals got close to its figure, with Blair Witch in second performing slightly above the others, especially in terms of box office-to-budget return. The horror sequel, which had been stealthily made under the title The Woods, took in $9.6 million, against a $5 million budget, but is still being seen as something of a disappointment given that it had been predicted to open with more than $20 million.
But that was still better news that Bridget Jones's Baby received, as the long-planned third film in the series took in just $8.2 million. Still, Baby is already performing strongly here in the UK (where it made $11.3 million this weekend) and in other territories, so its overseas earnings might just help it along. Snowden, on the other hand, did even worse, making just $8 million in third. It has a slightly higher budget than Bridget Jones to make back, and seems unlikely to head into profit.
Those new movies shoved horror pic Don't Breathe down to fifth from third, but the film still managed $5.6 million after four weeks in the charts. And given its low, sub-$10 million budget, its current total of $75.3 million is much healthier. Psychological thriller When The Bough Breaks slipped from second to sixth and made $5.5 million.
In Seventh, we find Suicide Squad, staying in the top 10 despite seven weeks in the charts. The villainous take on the comic book genre scarpered with $4.7 million in seventh this weekend. 'Toon adventure The Wild Life was down to eighth on $2.6 million, while Kubo And The Two Strings slipped to ninth from sixth with $2.5 million. And finally in 10th, Pete's Dragon made $2 million as it prepares to leave the charts. With $113 million worldwide, it won't exactly be considered one of Disney's big hits this year, especially since its budget (before advertising costs) was $65 million.