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Action movie "Suicide Squad" tops North American box office for second weekend

Xinhua, August 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

Action film "Suicide Squad" held onto its spot atop the North American box office in its second weekend of release, surpassing two well-reviewed debuted films "Sausage Party" and "Pete's Dragon" .

"Suicide Squad" took 43.7 million U.S. dollars, dropping 67.3 percent compared with last weekend, according to estimated figures released on Sunday by comScore.

The 175 million dollars budget film has grossed up to 222.8 million dollars in North America, while it added another 58.7 million dollars in its second weekend internationally, bringing its global revenue to 465.3 million dollars after 12 days in worldwide release.

Sony's R-rated animated comedy "Sausage Party" took the second spot, earning 33.6 million dollars in its debut weekend from 3,103 theaters in the United States and Canada.

"Sausage Party" was written by Seth Rogen and starring the voices of Rogen and Kristen Wiig. It is about talking food products in a supermarket who hatch a plan to avoid being eaten by the human customers. The film got an impressive 82 percent of approval rate on RottenTomatoes and a "B" rating score from the audience.

Disney's "Pete's Dragon," a remake of the 1977 classic film, placed in third in its first weekend of release with 21.5 million dollars. It earned an "A" from first-night moviegoers on CinemaScore and an 85 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Families composed to 66 percent of its audience.

"Jason Bourne" was fourth with 13.6 million dollars, while "Bad Moms" was fifth with 11.4 million dollars. Both of those films were in their third weekend of release.

Rounding out the rest top 10 films this weekend were "The Secret Life of Pets" (8.8 million dollars), "Star Trek Beyond" (6.8 million), "Florence Foster Jenkins" (6.5 million), "Nine Lives" (3.5 million) and "Lights Out" (3.2 million). Endit