Weekend #s: Straight Outta Compton - 26.8M; Mission Impossible - 11.7M; Sinister 2 - 10.6M; Hitman - 8.2M; American Ultra - 5.5M

[terrestrial]

American Ultra    $5,500,000    --    2,778    --    $1,980    $5,500,000    1    
Shaun the Sheep Movie    $1,500,000    -48%    1,678    -682    $894    $14,505,452    3

[MrFanaticGuy34]

What star power?

Kristen Stewart's star power.

[Mockingjay Raphael]

Also from watching the TV spots you wouldn't even known Kristin Stewart was in the movie.

And this is not a good thing?

[terrestrial]

Sinister 2    $10,633,000    --    2,766    --    $3,844    $10,633,000    1

Learning to Drive    $67,417    --    4    --    $16,854    $67,417    1
Digging for Fire    $24,544    --    3    --    $8,181    $24,544    1
Dope    $14,480    -30%    18    -10    $804    $16,725,153    10
Cartel Land    $11,618    --    18    --    $645    $645,613    8
The Overnight    $1,996    --    5    --    $399    $1,107,897    10
Samba    $1,911    -81%    4    -8    $478    $149,841    5
 

[MinaTakla]

HITMAN: AGENT 47 opened with an estimated $8.2M this weekend. #HitmanAgent47

[Ethan Hunt]

And this is not a good thing?

I like Kristen, she's a solid actress.

[terrestrial]

Hitman: Agent 47    $8,200,000    --    3,261    --    $2,515    $8,200,000    1
Fantastic Four (2015)    $3,650,000    -55%    2,581    -1423    $1,414    $49,625,362    3

[grey ghost]

American Ultra always felt kind of direct to video.

 

Plus action movie fans don't want to watch a stoner protagonist and stoners rarely unite to support a single movie.

[terrestrial]

Spy (2015)    $172,000    -20%    209    -17    $823    $110,140,676    12
Paper Towns    $340,000    -42%    373    -226    $912    $31,103,884    5

Mistress America    $237,000    154%    32    28    $7,406    $378,048    2

 

 

TheWrap ‏@TheWrap 4 secs4 seconds ago

'Straight Outta Compton' Throttles Newcomers With $26 Million to Top Blah Box Office http://www.thewrap.com/straight-outta-compton-throttles-newcomers-with-26-million-to-top-blah-box-office/ …

[mahnamahna]

Shit numbers everywhere

How are Compton or MI5 a part of that? Sub-30% drop for MI5 potentially, Sub-50% drop for Compton minus previews. Both will end up with $150 million+ DOM. And the holdovers are doing solid (Gift, Minions, Ant-Man, IO) 

[WrathOfHan]

Solid hold for UNCLE, was expecting a 50%+ drop.

[terrestrial]

Sinister 2:

 

received terrible reviews, earned just $10.633m on its opening weekend. It played 51% female, 57% 25 years old and younger, 22% Hispanic, 23%, African-American, and 42% Caucasian.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/08/23/weekend-box-office-hitman-agent-47-is-doa-american-ultra-gets-stoned/

[Gokira2012]

American Ultra huge bomb

[terrestrial]

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice 14 secs14 seconds ago

Paul Weitz's GRANDMA had the best PTA of all films in release w/ 30k per in 4 theaters. #sonyclassics

[Deep Wang]

American Ultra always felt kind of direct to video.

Plus action movie fans don't want to watch a stoner protagonist and stoners rarely unite to support a single movie.

I'm an action fan. I don't care who's doing the action so long as it's good.

This just looked like the time Chuck had the Intersect in his head mixed in with some weed.

[terrestrial]

Straight Outta Compton    $26,760,000    -56%    3,025    268    $8,846    $111,483,470    2
Minions    $3,710,000    -28%    2,226    -414    $1,667    $319,965,325    7    
Trainwreck    $2,450,000    -36%    1,333    -665    $1,838    $102,384,110    6    

Jurassic World    $947,000    -24%    574    -164    $1,650    $639,567,980    11

[Gokira2012]

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON took in an estimated $26.76M this weekend. Domestic total stands at $111.48M.

[terrestrial]

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice 1 min1 minute ago

FANTASTIC FOUR lost nearly 1,500 theaters in its 3rd weekend and grossed just $3.6M, $49M total. Outright bomb of the summer, folks.

 

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice 34 secs34 seconds ago

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION took in an estimated $11.7M this weekend. Domestic total stands at $157.76M

[MinaTakla]

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION took in an estimated $11.7M this weekend. Domestic total stands at $157.76M. #MissionImpossible

[Bishop54]

Nice hold for Jurassic World, is it in dollar theaters now?