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The Accountant Cashes in for First Place

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the-accountant-movie-poster-640x851The Accountant beat estimates earning a reported $24.7 million to come in first place at the weekend box office for its debut weekend. The film more than doubled the second place film, another debut. It was anticipated to open between $15-20 million. The film earned an “A-” Cinemascore but a 51% on RottenTomatoes. With films like the Jack Reacher sequel opening, it’s unknown how it’ll do going forward. But, with a budget of $44 million the film will likely make it’s money back.

In second place was Kevin Hart: What Now? which debuted to earn an estimated $11.984 million. It’s in a close race for second with last weekend’s box office winner The Girl on the Train which earned an estimated $11.974 million. What Now? is the largest opening for a stand-up comedy film. With an “A-” Cinemascore, 78% on RottenTomatoes, and $9.9 million budget, the film should be fine in the long run.

In other geeky film debuts, Max Steel opened in eleventh with $2.2 million. That’s the thirteenth worst opening for a film debuting in more than 2,000 theaters. Shin Godzilla also opened in the US but the numbers are still waiting to be reported.

In more comic related movie news Suicide Squad dropped two spots to fourteenth to add $720,000 to its domestic total. The film has earned $323.7 million after eleven weeks. Captain America: Civil War added about $50,000 to its international total. X-Men: Apocalypse added just under $120,000 to its international total.

We’ll have a more in depth break down of comic films for the year in an hour.

The Girl on the Train Wins the Weekend Box Office

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girlontrainposterThe Girl on the Train was the winner of the weekend box office with an estimated $24.7 million. The film also earned a reported $16.5 million to bring its total to $41.2 million. The film had an estimated budget of $45 million.

The domestic box office was down compared to the same weekend last year as most of the top rankings were holdovers from the previous week which made up of the rest of the top five.

The Birth of a Nation and Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life came in sixth and seventh in close totals. Birth of a Nation currently has a earned a reported $7.1 million while Middle School earned a reported $6.9 million.

Suicide Squad continued to bring in money dropping just one spot to twelfth. It earned $1.1 million to bring its domestic total to $322.5 million. The film has earned $742.1 million worldwide after ten weeks. It’ll still be in theaters for at least a few more weeks and will wind up around $325 million domestically. Internationally the film has earned $419.6 million which has it officially passing Deadpool when it comes to those earnings.

We’ll return in an hour for a deeper dive into this year’s comic films.