Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven dominated the box office this weekend with $35 million from 3,674 screens – beating Clint Eastwood’s “Miracle on the Hudson” documentary Sully.
Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo – the star-studded remake of the 1960 classic Western follows seven men who team up to protect a small town. The film earned a 62 percent “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes and an A-minus CinemaScore.
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“It’s great to have a movie with Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt in it. They are proven stars and just so winning, especially together,” said Sony worldwide president of marketing and distribution Josh Greenstein.
Debuting in second place is the weekend’s other newcomer Storks, from Warner Bros. Animation. The family comedy took in $21.8 million from 3,922 theaters and earned a comparable A-minus CinemaScore (64 percent “fresh” score on Rotten Tomatoes).
Storks, directed by Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland, carries a voice cast that includes Andy Samberg, Katie Crown, Kelsey Grammer, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Jennifer Aniston, Ty Burrell and Danny Trejo.
“It really delivered to a very young age group. The prime audience was between the ages of five and 10,” Warners domestic distribution chief Jeff Goldstein said.
The animation is set in a world where storks have moved on from delivering babies. However, when an order for a baby appears, the best delivery stork must scramble to make sure the baby makes it home.
Warner Bros.’ Sully slid to third place in its third weekend with $13.8 million, for a domestic total of $92.4 million. Rounding out the final top five is Bridget Jones’s Baby and Snowden, in fourth and fifth place with $4.5 million ($16.5 million cume) and $4.1 million ($15 million cume), respectively.
See what films made the top 10 list at the box office this weekend below!
Top 10 Films at Weekend Box Office: September 23-25
- The Magnificent Seven — $35 million
- Storks — $21.8 million
- Sully — $13.8 million
- Bridget Jones’s Baby — $4.5 million
- Snowden — $4.1 million
- Blair Witch — $3.9 million
- Don’t Breathe — $3.8 million
- Suicide Squad — $3.1 million
- When The Bough Breaks — $2.5 million
- Kubo And The Two Strings — $1.1 million
