Weekend Box Office,

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"Angel Has Fallen" easily topped the box office with a $21.3 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday, as the action sequel became the latest mid-budget release to find modest success in the often quiet late summer.



The Lionsgate film beat expectations going into the weekend, opening similarly to the previous 2016 installment "London Has Fallen." The film series stars Gerard Butler as a Secret Service agent protecting the U.S. president played by Morgan Freeman. In "Angel Has Fallen," Butler's agent is wrongly accused of trying to assassinate the president.



However, the acclaimed Fox Searchlight horror release "Ready or Not," about a bride forced into a deadly game of hide-and-seek with her new in-laws, got off to a lackluster start. It took in $7.6 million in ticket sales and $10.6 million since opening Wednesday.



Among specialty releases, Amazon's "Brittany Runs a Marathon," about a young woman (Jillian Bell) who devotes herself to running to lose weight, scored the weekend's most packed theaters. It debuted with a per-theater average of $35,194 in five locations.



Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included.



1. "Angel Has Fallen," $21.3 million ($8.4 million international).


2. "Good Boys," $11.8 million ($3.5 million international).


3. "Overcomer," $8 million.


4. "The Lion King," $8.2 million ($30 million international).


5. "Hobbs & Shaw," $8.1 million ($120 million international).


6. "Ready or Not," $7.6 million.


7. "The Angry Birds 2 Movie," $6.4 million ($10.2 million international).


8. "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark," $6 million ($3.5 million international).


9. "Dora and the Lost City of Gold," $5.2 million ($3.2 million international).


10. "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," $5 million ($28 million international).

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Angel Has Fallen

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Weekend Box Office

August 31 - September 2

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included.

1. "Angel Has Fallen," $11.6 million.

2. "Good Boys," $9.2 million.

3. "The Lion King," $6.7 million.

4. "Hobbs & Shaw," $6.3 million.

5. "Overcomer," $5.7 million.

6. "Ready or Not," $5.6 million.

7. "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark," $5 million.

8. "Spider-Man: Far From Home," $4.3 million.

9. "Dora and the Lost City of Gold," $4.1 million.

10. "The Angry Birds Movie 2," $4.1 million.

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It: Chapter Two'
A robust audience turned out to catch "It: Chapter Two" in movie theaters this weekend, but not quite as big as the first.

Warner Bros. says Sunday that "It: Chapter Two," the only major new release, earned an estimated $91 million from North American ticket sales in its first weekend from 4,570 screens.

The rest of the top 10 was populated by holdovers: "Angel Has Fallen" took a distant second with $6 million and "Good Boys" placed third with $5.4 million. In limited release, the documentary "Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice" performed well in its first weekend, grossing $115,500 from seven locations.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.


1. "It: Chapter Two," $91 million ($94 million international).
2. "Angel Has Fallen," $6 million ($7.6 million international).
3. "Good Boys," $5.4 million ($2.3 million international).
4. "The Lion King," $4.2 million ($13.4 million international).
5. "Overcomer," $3.8 million.
6. "Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs & Shaw," $3.7 million ($15.7 million international).
7. "The Peanut Butter Falcon," $2.3 million.
8. "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark," $2.3 million ($701,000 international).
9. "Ready or Not," $2.2 million ($2.3 million international).
10. "Dora and the Lost City of Gold," $2.2 million ($2.3 million international).

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2 days late but here we go!


LOS ANGELES (AP) — It wasn't quite enough to take down Pennywise the clown, but Jennifer Lopez and the scheming strippers of "Hustlers" topped even the high expectations they brought to the weekend box office.

"It: Chapter Two" brought in $40.7 million in the U.S. and Canada to keep the top spot in its second week and has earned a total of $153.8 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The original, the biggest September release ever, had earned more than $200 million at the same point two years ago.

"Hustlers," riding stellar reviews, film-festival buzz and Oscar talk for Lopez, earned $33.2 million, a record for a film from STX Entertainment, which was launched less than five years ago.

The film, budgeted at just $20 million, became the rare recent hit that was neither a sequel nor a reboot nor part of a series. It was also the biggest opening ever for a live-action Lopez film, and had numbers comparable to co-star Constance Wu's hit "Crazy Rich Asians," whose long-term box office success could be a model for "Hustlers."

"This is exactly the kind of movie that every studio dreams of producing, because it's going to be profitable, prestigious and a long-term performer," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore. "A lot of original type movies that are non-franchise non-sequels, many of them have had a rough go this year. This is a nice counter-balance to that."

Based on a New York magazine piece, "Hustlers," written and directed by Lorene Scafaria, tells the true story of a group of New York City strippers who, put out by the recession's effects on their Wall Street patrons, start a side con that involves drugging their wealthy marks and running up exorbitant credit card bills that they get a cut of.

"We didn't look at it as a stripper movie," said STX Motion Picture Group Chairman Adam Fogelson. "We looked at it as a crime movie, not unlike something like 'Wolf of Wall Street.'"

Even with its buzz, industry projections had the film making about $25 million over the weekend, but it appealed to an even wider audience than expected.

"It definitely skewed female as we always expected, but it was very diverse as far as ethnic groups, and it brought in a broad range of ages for an R-rated film," Fogelson said.

1. "It: Chapter Two," $40.7 million ($47 million international).

2. "Hustlers," $33.2 million ($4.5 million international).

3. "Angel Has Fallen," $4.4 million ($4.9 million
international).

4. "Good Boys," $4.3 million ($1.8 million international).

5. "The Lion King," $3.6 million ($6.9 million international).
6. "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw," $2.8 million ($8.1 million international).

7. "Overcomer," $2.7 million.

8. "The Goldfinch," $2.6 million ($985,000 international).

9. "The Peanut Butter Falcon," $1.9 million.

10. "Dora and the Lost City of Gold," $1.85 million ($4.4 million international).

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