Box Office

At 86 years old, Clint Eastwood is showing no signs of slowing down. For more than half a century now The Man with No Name of Sergio Leone’s iconic westerns has been a leading figure in the film industry.

Labor Day weekend is typically a slow one at the domestic box office, as Americans traditionally prefer to enjoy the last days of summer Sun to sitting in air conditioned movie theatres. This frame was no exception.

Sony’s low budget horror gem Don’t Breathe left audiences gasping for air after a stunning $26. 1 million domestic debut.

This late August box office session was pretty slow and offered no quarter for newcomer Ben-Hur. MGM and Paramount’s remake of the Hollywood golden-age classic failed to throw Suicide Squad off its perch.

Pretty bad reviews and a 67% drop from opening weeks are usually sure signs that a film will be labeled a box office disaster. In the case of Suicide Squad, which suffered from both of these experiences, that label is far from applicable.

Suicide Squad murdered the box office this week with a record smashing $135 million home market debut. It took 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy’s August opening crown, grossing almost 50% more than Marvel’s global hit.

Four years after he let go of Jason Bourne and allowed Jeremy Renner to take over, Matt Damon has reclaimed the character created by Robert Ludlum of the indomitable CIA assassin who does not remember where he comes from. Damon has teamed up again with Paul Greengrass.

Star Trek Beyond shot into warp drive and kicked off its first weekend with a combined $89 million cume at home and abroad. Its domestic take of $59.

Two weeks of terrible news and horrific events are likely the reason why audiences worldwide opted for cute talking animals over any other cinematic offer. Internationally, Fox’s Ice Age: Collision Course took the number one spot for the second consecutive frame, amassing $53.

2016 may go down in history as the year when Hollywood came to the unsettling conclusion that sequels are no longer a guarantee of success and audiences had enough of seeing movies that so often look and feel the same. Sequelitis, they call it.