![]() The rest of the films in the top ten this weekend were left picking up scraps with each grossing between $4-7M over three days. By comparison, Guardians finished at $774M including over $95M from China. Had Squad been allowed into China, a global final of over $800M probably would have resulted. Finishing in the neighborhood of $750M seems likely as the final market of Japan is set to open next weekend. International grosses for Suicide Squad rose to $375.5M this weekend propelling the global cume to $672.9M and that’s with no release in China. Both chose the first weekend of the month as its launching pad. The Harley Quinn vehicle is already the second highest-grossing movie of all-time to come out of August behind just the $333.2M of fellow bad-guys-become-heroes comic book team-up smash Guardians of the Galaxy from two years ago. By the end of Labor Day Monday, Squad may just smash the triple century mark on its way to north of $315M. blockbuster grossed an estimated $10M in its fifth weekend, off 18%, boosting its cume to a rowdy $297.4M. Moviegoers were still taking interest in the bad boys (and girls) of DC Comics as Suicide Squad came within striking distance of the $300M mark. The home invasion thriller has now grossed over five times its low $10M budget and is on track to finish its run near the $80M mark. Sony easily retained the crown with Don’t Breathe which slipped 41% to an estimated $15.7M pushing the cume up to a sturdy $51.1M. Last week’s hit horror offering Don’t Breathe remained at number one for a second straight time while many of the more well-liked offerings enjoyed the best holds as audiences caught up on movies they heard good things about. ![]() With summer coming to a close and Hollywood having served up one mediocre film after another, the North American box office slumped to its worst level of 2016 over Labor Day weekend.
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