LOS ANGELES (AP) "Blair Witch", "Bridget Jones's Baby" and "Snowden" didn't ground "Sully" at the weekend box office.
The Clint Eastwood-directed drama about the emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in 2009 has taken in a total of $70.5 million domestically. "The word-of-mouth is sensational". "Snowden" cost a reported $50 million to produce.
It was a hugely disappointing result for Blair Witch, which came in second and fell well short of tracking heading into the weekend when it was expected to earn $20 million, according to Variety. A lot went wrong, starting with some bad reviews and a D CinemaScore. The movie gets fantastic response and reviews as it grossed around $72 million worldwide.
"When the Bough Breaks", $5.5 million. For months, the movie was given the fake title The Woods to obscure its connection to the Blair Witch franchise. Not even the release of films like Blair Witch or Snowden could shake the biopic from its lofty mantle. It also announced Friday that Rob Friedman, the motion picture group co-chair and one of the guiding forces behind the "Twilight" saga, is stepping down. This includes a #1 opening in the United Kingdom and Ireland with $11.3 million, the largest opening for a romantic comedy ever in the United Kingdom and the biggest September opening weekend ever in the market.
The female skewing film (79 percent) opens 15 years after Bridget Jones's Diary became a cultural phenomenon.
"We love these characters, we love the actors playing them, and we're confident in how it will play out", said Carpou.
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Opening in far fewer theaters, or 816 locations, was the faith-based documentary Hillsong: Let Hope Rise chronicling the popular Australia-based Christian band.
"The Disappointments Room", Relativity Media's first release since the studio emerged from bankruptcy protection in April, continued to flounder.
Universal's rom-com sequel film starring Oscar victor Renée Zellweger was previously expected to gross just more than $14 million over the weekend - and now has been downgraded. Its release was frequently delayed as Relativity's financial problems worsened.
"Sully", $22 million ($7 million international). Relativity has other films hitting theaters this year, including the comedy "Materminds" and the thriller "Kidnapped".
"The Wild Life", $2.7 million ($600,000 international).
"It was really important to directly link this film to the first one with the kind of family legacy, the "lega-sequel" approach!" "The summer movies have ended and this is the after-party". It opened four weeks ago at the top of the box office.
