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US Box Office Weekend Report 12th - 14th August 2016: Suicide Squad keeps Sausages and dragons at bay

US Box Office Weekend Report 12th - 14th August 2016:  Suicide Squad keeps Sausages and dragons at bay
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Suicide Squad
On the US box office charts this week the bad guys of Suicide Squad managed to stay at the top despite competition from Disneys Pete's Dragon and Sausage Party.

Proving to be a success for the DC Cinema Universe (and Warner Bros.) the super anti-hero film takes $43.7 million on its second weekend of release, down nearly 75% from its debut.

Suicide Squad

The film has now taken $222 million in 10 days and is on course to be one of the bigger film of the year.

Entering the chart highest, and in second place, is the Seth Rogans voiced Sausage Party, an adult animation which also starts the voices of Kristen Wiig and Jonah Hill.

With a debut of $34 million its not quite Disney but for an R rated cartoon its a very good debut.

Talking of Disney they unleashed their 2016 remake/retelling of Pete's Dragon this week and it perhaps hasn't quite done the numbers expected.

Landing at number 3 the film takes $21 million, considering the talent involved and the advertising a higher debut would have been expected.

Florence Foster Jenkins starring Meryl Street is also new at 8 this weekend.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Suicide Squad - $43,536,013
  2. Sausage Party - $34,263,534
  3. Pete's Dragon - $21,514,095
  4. Jason Bourne - $13,846,875
  5. Bad Moms - $11,362,783
  6. The Secret Life of Pets - $9,064,565
  7. Star Trek: Beyond - $6,892,793
  8. Florence Foster Jenkins - $6,601,313
  9. Nine Lives - $3,526,166
  10. Lights Out - $3,215,446
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