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Box Office Weekend: Eight Figure Box Office for Magnificent Seven

Seth Paul
Box Office Weekend

The Magnificent Seven opened the final weekend of September with an estimated $35 million in domestic box office earnings…and while its $90 million costs may be tough to top (even with foreign box office adding to the totals), it was still enough to hold back the debut of Storks, which The Magnificent Seven Posterbrought in an estimated $21.8 million against $70 million in costs. Both films pushed the previous champ Sully down into third place, where an estimated $13.8 million adds to a successful worldwide total of $126.9 million, with more weeks to come.

While Bridget Jones’s Baby has failed to make much of an impression with American audiences (earning an estimated $4.5 million), the comedy has been a smash success overseas, with the $35 million production earning $83.6 million in worldwide revenue. Snowden, in the meantime, must rely entirely on domestic gross so far, and an estimated $4.1 million has only brought in $15.1 million against a $40 million budget so far. But no dip in revenue can hurt Blair Witch at this point…the $5 million production made an estimated $4 million on the weekend and has been a profitable venture with $15.1 million in domestic gross. In comparison, though, Don’t Breathe is a monster hit by any standard, with an estimated $3.8 million bringing $81.1 million in on a $9.9 million budget.

Suicide Squad may be in eighth with an estimated $3.1 million, but remains the top dog of the top ten with $318.1 million in domestic revenue (and $731.7 million worldwide). When the Bough Breaks, ironically, tumbled its way quickly down the top ten, but with an estimated $2.5 million, the film has managed to earn $26.6 million on a $10 million budget and all but ensure a profitable run. The same cannot be said for Kubo and the Two Strings. With an estimated $1.1 million total, the $60 million film has only managed to capture $46 million at the domestic box office, and $58.6 million in total worldwide gross.

Weekend Box Office (September 23rd – September 25th)

  1. The Magnificent Seven…$35 million
  2. Storks…$21.8 million
  3. Sully…$13.8 million
  4. Bridget Jones’s Baby…$4.5 million
  5. Snowden…$4.1 million
  6. Blair Witch…$4 million
  7. Don’t Breathe…$3.8 million
  8. Suicide Squad…$3.1 million
  9. When the Bough Breaks…$2.5 million
  10. Kubo and the Two Strings…$1.1 million

Seth Paul

When not failing to write novels and screenplays, box-office guru Seth writes humorous comedy tracks for films under the name "The One Man Band" that can be found at Rifftrax.com. Although, he has recently succeeded in writing the novella "Jack Alan and the Case of the Not-Exactly Rocket Scientists," available as an eBook on Amazon. He is also the English voice of Zak in "Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space."
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