Not even Deadshot can hit the box office bullseye forever.
After three straight weeks at No. 1, Suicide Squad and its bevy of bodacious baddies tumbled to the silver medal slot, losing to the suspense horror flick Don’t Breathe. Sure, the thriller’s take wasn’t exactly breathtaking: It earned just an estimated $26.1 million, which would’ve been a fourth-place finish back in the first week of July. But considering Don’t Breathe was made for less than $10 million—less, I assume, than Suicide Squad spent on Jared Leto’s hair coloring—I don’t think the makers will be complaining too much.
As mentioned, Suicide Squad slid to second, collecting $12.1 million and bringing its month-long haul to a beefy $282.9 million. It’s the eighth highest-grossing movie in North America this year, trailing its DC/Warner Bros.’ cohort Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($330.4 million).
Two quirky but very dissimilar animated movies took the weekend’s third and fourth slots. The PG-rated Kubo and the Two Strings banked $7.9 million to finish third, while the R-rated Sausage Party gobbled up $7.7 million for fourth.
Mechanic: Resurrection, the weekend’s other wide-release movie, maybe should’ve stayed in the grave. The Jason Statham vehicle earned just $7.5 million en route to a fifth-place finish.
A handful of smaller releases didn’t even get that much traction. Hands of Stone, despite starring Robert De Niro, jabbed its way to just $1.7 million and finished 16th. And Greater, a Christian football film that screened in around 340 theaters, collected just shy of $450,000.
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