Sausage Party (2016)

Sausage Party
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $97,670,358Details
International Box Office $43,673,897Details
Worldwide Box Office $141,344,255
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $8,776,328 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $7,437,118 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $16,213,446
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Synopsis

One sausage leads a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$34,263,534 (35.1% of total gross)
Legs:2.85 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:69.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$19,000,000 (worldwide box office is 7.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,103 opening theaters/3,135 max. theaters, 5.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $121,720,969

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 12th, 2016 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
International Releases: August 10th, 2016 (Wide) (Trinidad)
August 11th, 2016 (Wide) (Aruba)
August 11th, 2016 (Wide) (Curacao)
August 11th, 2016 (Wide) (Dominican Republic)
August 11th, 2016 (Wide) (Israel)
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Video Release: November 1st, 2016 by Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for strong crude sexual content, pervasive language, and drug use.
(Rating bulletin 2427 (Cert #49738), 6/1/2016)
Running Time: 85 minutes
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Keywords: Food, Animated Inanimate Objects
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Digital Animation
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production/Financing Companies: Annapurna Pictures, Point Grey, Columbia Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 205 $5,193,461 Sep 2, 2016 24
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 344 $6,722,347 Sep 2, 2016 24
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 167 $6,458,225 Sep 2, 2016 24
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 211 $8,359,446 Sep 2, 2016 24
Biggest Domestic August Weekend 33 $34,263,534 Aug 12, 2016 3
Top Comedy Weekend Domestic 56 $34,263,534 Aug 12, 2016 3
Top Fantasy Weekend Domestic 77 $34,263,534 Aug 12, 2016 3
Top R Weekend Domestic 92 $34,263,534 Aug 12, 2016 3
Top Sony Pictures Weekend Domestic 84 $34,263,534 Aug 12, 2016 3
Biggest Domestic August Day 64 $13,510,615 Aug 12, 2016 1

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 12, 2016 2 $34,263,534   3,103 $11,042   $34,263,534 1
Aug 19, 2016 2 $15,485,577 -55% 3,103 $4,991   $65,486,596 2
Aug 26, 2016 4 $7,525,655 -51% 3,135 $2,401   $79,869,165 3
Sep 2, 2016 5 $5,193,461 -31% 2,766 $1,878   $88,339,585 4
Sep 9, 2016 10 $2,342,003 -55% 2,071 $1,131   $93,224,582 5
Sep 16, 2016 16 $1,203,151 -49% 1,181 $1,019   $95,338,012 6
Sep 23, 2016 16 $562,680 -53% 551 $1,021   $96,384,272 7
Sep 30, 2016 26 $189,771 -66% 233 $814   $96,781,170 8
Oct 7, 2016 16 $471,424 +148% 1,071 $440   $97,325,575 9
Oct 14, 2016 46 $49,649 -89% 99 $502   $97,596,322 10
Oct 21, 2016 65 $20,268 -59% 45 $450   $97,636,799 11
Oct 28, 2016 61 $14,682 -28% 37 $397   $97,661,826 12

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Aug 11, 2016 P $3,250,000     0     $3,250,000  
Aug 12, 2016 1 $13,510,615     3,103 $4,354   $13,510,615 1
Aug 13, 2016 2 $11,397,989 -16%   3,103 $3,673   $24,908,604 2
Aug 14, 2016 2 $9,354,930 -18%   3,103 $3,015   $34,263,534 3
Aug 15, 2016 2 $4,441,316 -53%   3,103 $1,431   $38,704,850 4
Aug 16, 2016 2 $4,927,303 +11%   3,103 $1,588   $43,632,153 5
Aug 17, 2016 2 $3,360,038 -32%   3,103 $1,083   $46,992,191 6
Aug 18, 2016 2 $3,008,828 -10%   3,103 $970   $50,001,019 7
Aug 19, 2016 3 $4,968,454 +65% -63% 3,103 $1,601   $54,969,473 8
Aug 20, 2016 2 $5,859,038 +18% -49% 3,103 $1,888   $60,828,511 9
Aug 21, 2016 2 $4,658,085 -20% -50% 3,103 $1,501   $65,486,596 10
Aug 22, 2016 2 $1,857,049 -60% -58% 3,103 $598   $67,343,645 11
Aug 23, 2016 2 $2,204,469 +19% -55% 3,103 $710   $69,548,114 12
Aug 24, 2016 2 $1,494,802 -32% -56% 3,103 $482   $71,042,916 13
Aug 25, 2016 2 $1,300,594 -13% -57% 3,103 $419   $72,343,510 14
Aug 26, 2016 4 $2,289,972 +76% -54% 3,135 $730   $74,633,482 15
Aug 27, 2016 5 $3,161,932 +38% -46% 3,135 $1,009   $77,795,414 16
Aug 28, 2016 5 $2,073,751 -34% -55% 3,135 $661   $79,869,165 17
Aug 29, 2016 3 $807,222 -61% -57% 3,135 $257   $80,676,387 18
Aug 30, 2016 3 $1,022,160 +27% -54% 3,135 $326   $81,698,547 19
Aug 31, 2016 3 $722,605 -29% -52% 3,135 $230   $82,421,152 20
Sep 1, 2016 4 $724,972 n/c -44% 3,135 $231   $83,146,124 21
Sep 2, 2016 6 $1,376,760 +90% -40% 2,766 $498   $84,522,884 22
Sep 3, 2016 5 $1,907,711 +39% -40% 2,766 $690   $86,430,595 23
Sep 4, 2016 5 $1,908,990 n/c -8% 2,766 $690   $88,339,585 24
Sep 5, 2016 9 $1,264,764 -34% +57% 2,766 $457   $89,604,349 25
Sep 6, 2016 4 $529,644 -58% -48% 2,766 $191   $90,133,993 26
Sep 7, 2016 4 $389,037 -27% -46% 2,766 $141   $90,523,030 27
Sep 8, 2016 4 $359,549 -8% -50% 2,766 $130   $90,882,579 28
Sep 9, 2016 8 $709,988 +97% -48% 2,071 $343   $91,592,567 29
Sep 10, 2016 10 $1,064,694 +50% -44% 2,071 $514   $92,657,261 30
Sep 11, 2016 10 $567,321 -47% -70% 2,071 $274   $93,224,582 31
Sep 12, 2016 6 $224,235 -60% -82% 2,071 $108   $93,448,817 32
Sep 13, 2016 7 $301,469 +34% -43% 2,071 $146   $93,750,286 33
Sep 14, 2016 8 $212,987 -29% -45% 2,071 $103   $93,963,273 34
Sep 15, 2016 8 $171,588 -19% -52% 2,071 $83   $94,134,861 35
Sep 16, 2016 14 $374,405 +118% -47% 1,181 $317   $94,509,266 36
Sep 17, 2016 14 $537,557 +44% -50% 1,181 $455   $95,046,823 37
Sep 18, 2016 - $291,189 -46% -49% 1,181 $247   $95,338,012 38
Sep 19, 2016 11 $128,307 -56% -43% 1,181 $109   $95,466,319 39
Sep 20, 2016 13 $150,333 +17% -50% 1,181 $127   $95,616,652 40
Sep 21, 2016 13 $115,268 -23% -46% 1,181 $98   $95,731,920 41
Sep 22, 2016 12 $89,672 -22% -48% 1,181 $76   $95,821,592 42
Sep 23, 2016 14 $181,600 +103% -51% 551 $330   $96,003,192 43
Sep 24, 2016 - $260,883 +44% -51% 551 $473   $96,264,075 44
Sep 25, 2016 - $120,197 -54% -59% 551 $218   $96,384,272 45
Sep 26, 2016 15 $52,916 -56% -59% 551 $96   $96,437,188 46
Sep 27, 2016 15 $63,389 +20% -58% 551 $115   $96,500,577 47
Sep 28, 2016 15 $51,047 -19% -56% 551 $93   $96,551,624 48
Sep 29, 2016 - $39,775 -22% -56% 551 $72   $96,591,399 49
Sep 30, 2016 - $59,700 +50% -67% 233 $256   $96,651,099 50
Oct 1, 2016 - $89,877 +51% -66% 233 $386   $96,740,976 51
Oct 2, 2016 - $40,194 -55% -67% 233 $173   $96,781,170 52
Oct 3, 2016 - $18,745 -53% -65% 233 $80   $96,799,915 53
Oct 4, 2016 - $18,824 n/c -70% 233 $81   $96,818,739 54
Oct 5, 2016 - $17,857 -5% -65% 233 $77   $96,836,596 55
Oct 6, 2016 - $17,555 -2% -56% 233 $75   $96,854,151 56
Oct 7, 2016 - $139,193 +693% +133% 1,071 $130   $96,993,344 57
Oct 8, 2016 - $204,651 +47% +128% 1,071 $191   $97,197,995 58
Oct 9, 2016 - $127,580 -38% +217% 1,071 $119   $97,325,575 59
Oct 10, 2016 15 $71,693 -44% +282% 1,071 $67   $97,397,268 60
Oct 11, 2016 - $58,973 -18% +213% 1,071 $55   $97,456,241 61
Oct 12, 2016 - $52,617 -11% +195% 1,071 $49   $97,508,858 62
Oct 13, 2016 - $37,815 -28% +115% 1,071 $35   $97,546,673 63
Oct 14, 2016 - $13,784 -64% -90% 99 $139   $97,560,457 64
Oct 15, 2016 - $22,849 +66% -89% 99 $231   $97,583,306 65
Oct 16, 2016 - $13,016 -43% -90% 99 $131   $97,596,322 66
Oct 17, 2016 - $5,516 -58% -92% 99 $56   $97,601,838 67
Oct 18, 2016 - $5,767 +5% -90% 99 $58   $97,607,605 68
Oct 19, 2016 - $4,913 -15% -91% 99 $50   $97,612,518 69
Oct 20, 2016 - $4,013 -18% -89% 99 $41   $97,616,531 70
Oct 21, 2016 - $6,339 +58% -54% 45 $141   $97,622,870 71
Oct 22, 2016 - $8,337 +32% -64% 45 $185   $97,631,207 72
Oct 23, 2016 - $5,592 -33% -57% 45 $124   $97,636,799 73
Oct 24, 2016 - $2,560 -54% -54% 45 $57   $97,639,359 74
Oct 25, 2016 - $2,589 +1% -55% 45 $58   $97,641,948 75
Oct 26, 2016 - $2,622 +1% -47% 45 $58   $97,644,570 76
Oct 27, 2016 - $2,574 -2% -36% 45 $57   $97,647,144 77
Oct 28, 2016 - $4,569 +78% -28% 37 $123   $97,651,713 78
Oct 29, 2016 - $6,018 +32% -28% 37 $163   $97,657,731 79
Oct 30, 2016 - $4,095 -32% -27% 37 $111   $97,661,826 80
Oct 31, 2016 - $1,556 -62% -39% 37 $42   $97,663,382 81
Nov 1, 2016 - $2,257 +45% -13% 37 $61   $97,665,639 82
Nov 2, 2016 - $2,081 -8% -21% 37 $56   $97,667,720 83
Nov 3, 2016 - $2,638 +27% +2% 37 $71   $97,670,358 84

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 12, 2016 2 $50,001,019   3,103 $16,114   $50,001,019 1
Aug 19, 2016 2 $22,342,491 -55% 3,103 $7,200   $72,343,510 2
Aug 26, 2016 4 $10,802,614 -52% 3,135 $3,446   $83,146,124 3
Sep 2, 2016 5 $7,736,455 -28% 2,766 $2,797   $90,882,579 4
Sep 9, 2016 10 $3,252,282 -58% 2,071 $1,570   $94,134,861 5
Sep 16, 2016 13 $1,686,731 -48% 1,181 $1,428   $95,821,592 6
Sep 23, 2016 16 $769,807 -54% 551 $1,397   $96,591,399 7
Sep 30, 2016 27 $262,752 -66% 233 $1,128   $96,854,151 8
Oct 7, 2016 17 $692,522 +164% 1,071 $647   $97,546,673 9
Oct 14, 2016 48 $69,858 -90% 99 $706   $97,616,531 10
Oct 21, 2016 64 $30,613 -56% 45 $680   $97,647,144 11
Oct 28, 2016 58 $23,214 -24% 37 $627   $97,670,358 12

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 10/27/2016 $68,978 77 77 136 $151,994 11/30/2018
Aruba 8/11/2016 $4,431 3 3 9 $13,773 12/31/2018
Australia 8/12/2016 $1,922,360 221 238 1,190 $6,713,023 9/26/2016
Austria 10/7/2016 $236,204 56 57 338 $815,288 12/13/2016
Belgium 10/26/2016 $38,940 20 20 44 $90,689 11/29/2016
Bolivia 10/20/2016 $16,109 12 12 22 $39,718 12/31/2018
Brazil 10/6/2016 $266,155 214 214 381 $598,136 11/8/2016
Bulgaria 9/23/2016 $4,861 29 29 54 $15,723 2/26/2019
Cambodia 9/30/2016 $0 0 16 16 $8,429 12/31/2018
Central America 10/6/2016 $97,090 83 83 120 $168,291 10/25/2016
Chile 10/20/2016 $32,998 22 22 35 $76,731 12/31/2018
Colombia 10/6/2016 $13,135 26 26 26 $13,135 12/31/2018
Croatia 9/8/2016 $19,250 21 23 76 $70,291 12/31/2018
Curacao 8/11/2016 $950 1 1 5 $4,057 12/31/2018
Czech Republic 8/25/2016 $127,790 55 57 272 $561,180 12/31/2018
Denmark 9/8/2016 $77,365 41 41 112 $225,051 10/11/2016
Dominican Republic 8/11/2016 $10,385 16 16 28 $18,145 12/31/2018
Estonia 8/26/2016 $18,925 19 19 53 $92,881 10/4/2016
Finland 10/21/2016 $73,687 41 41 129 $222,510 12/20/2016
France 11/30/2016 $240,703 81 81 182 $456,920 12/20/2016
Germany 10/6/2016 $1,259,761 444 444 2,068 $3,824,688 12/6/2016
Greece 9/29/2016 $20,478 28 28 59 $86,567 11/1/2016
Hong Kong 11/10/2016 $94,432 6 17 44 $292,878 12/13/2016
Hungary 10/6/2016 $88,712 36 41 126 $283,193 12/31/2018
Iceland 8/17/2016 $25,222 7 7 23 $116,137 12/31/2018
Israel 8/11/2016 $279,377 25 27 192 $2,024,939 12/31/2018
Italy 10/31/2016 $404,682 200 200 292 $1,043,249 11/22/2016
Jamaica 8/24/2016 $13,450 4 4 7 $21,514 12/31/2018
Japan 11/4/2016 $88,883 6 8 66 $731,857 2/14/2017
Latvia 8/26/2016 $10,273 6 7 24 $67,053 12/31/2018
Lithuania 9/16/2016 $25,613 108 108 189 $73,607 10/13/2016
Mexico 10/7/2016 $244,332 259 259 477 $617,351 11/29/2016
Mongolia 9/23/2016 $6,705 3 3 12 $23,736 12/31/2018
Netherlands 8/26/2016 $4,669 35 84 330 $714,631 10/25/2016
New Zealand 9/9/2016 $265,781 55 55 220 $731,539 10/17/2016
Norway 9/9/2016 $184,893 65 92 200 $547,464 11/1/2016
Peru 10/20/2016 $18,530 17 17 17 $18,530 12/31/2018
Philippines 9/28/2016 $75,149 58 58 65 $102,904 12/31/2018
Poland 8/12/2016 $273,287 101 110 609 $1,429,220 11/18/2018
Portugal 9/15/2016 $119,815 51 56 195 $356,239 11/4/2016
Romania 8/12/2016 $40,800 63 63 172 $117,396 12/31/2018
Russia (CIS) 9/8/2016 $1,193,183 847 847 2,126 $2,596,844 12/31/2018
Serbia and Montenegro 9/15/2016 $5,403 17 17 41 $17,976 12/31/2018
Singapore 10/6/2016 $93,047 8 8 30 $226,781 11/14/2016
Slovakia 8/11/2016 $93,652 50 50 179 $355,726 10/18/2016
Slovenia 9/8/2016 $6,872 13 13 39 $27,739 10/18/2016
South Africa 9/9/2016 $35,636 21 24 96 $161,845 10/25/2016
Spain 10/7/2016 $1,101,001 302 319 1,266 $4,248,904 12/6/2016
Suriname 8/18/2016 $1,111 1 1 4 $3,577 12/31/2018
Sweden 8/17/2016 $76,788 42 42 138 $356,150 10/18/2016
Switzerland 10/6/2016 $62,842 34 34 92 $162,909 11/29/2016
Taiwan 11/11/2016 $107,961 44 44 99 $195,215 12/6/2016
Thailand 12/29/2016 $30,091 26 26 42 $66,629 1/18/2017
Trinidad 8/10/2016 $38,681 10 11 53 $154,470 12/31/2018
Ukraine 10/20/2016 $172,985 128 131 352 $361,930 12/31/2018
United Kingdom 9/2/2016 $3,577,811 525 533 2,258 $10,219,534 11/1/2016
Uruguay 10/27/2016 $5,381 6 6 12 $10,931 12/31/2018
 
Rest of World $926,080
 
International Total$43,673,897 2/26/2019

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Nov 13, 20161287,277 287,277$4,593,559$4,593,5592
Nov 20, 2016351,340-82% 338,617$820,927$5,414,4863
Dec 4, 20162823,792 407,116$381,624$6,463,5865
Dec 11, 20162818,855-21% 425,971$300,172$6,763,7586

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Nov 13, 20161189,625 189,625$3,835,334$3,835,3342
Nov 20, 2016541,725-78% 231,350$811,563$4,646,8973

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Leading Cast

Seth Rogen    Frank/Sergeant Pepper
Kristen Wiig    Brenda

Supporting Cast

Jonah Hill    Carl
Bill Hader    Firewater/Tequila/El Guaco
Michael Cera    Barry
James Franco    Druggie
Danny McBride    Honey Mustard
Craig Robinson    Grits
Paul Rudd    Darren
Nick Kroll    Douche
David Krumholtz    Lavash
Edward Norton    Sammy
Salma Hayek    Teresa
Alistair Abell    Mariachi Salsa/Gefilte Fish
Iris Apatow    Berry Good Candies/Grape #3/Coconut Milk
Sugar Lyn Beard    Baby Carrot/Cookies
Ian James Corlett    Apple/Tickilish Licorice/Relish/Bag of Dog Food
Michael Daingerfield    Chunk Munchers Cereal/Light Bulb/Indian Chutney
Brian Dobson    Italian Tomato/Lettuce
Michael Dobson    Queso
Ian Hanlin    Beet
Maryke Hendrikse    Popped Cherry Mixer/Plum #1/Loretta Bun/Frozen Fruitz
Anders Holm    Troy
Lauren Miller-Rogen*    Camille Toh/Tampon
Nicole Oliver    Sally Bun/Ice Cream/Watermelon/Female Shopper #1
Kelly Sheridan    Roberta Bun/Grape #2/Female Shopper #2
Jason Simpson    Plum #2/Beer Keg/Fat Guy/Fit Man
Greg Tiernan    Potato/Noodle Soup
Vincent Tong    Pislitz Chips/Juice Box/Jamaican Rum
Scott Digs Underwood    Gum/Twink/Krinkler's Chips/Pizza
Conrad Vernon    Toilet Paper/Sauerkraut/Catcall Sausage/Grape #1/Beer Can/Pop Bottle
Sam Vincent    Old Pork Sausage/Refried Beans/Sandwich/Pop Tart/Licorice Rope
Harland Williams    Ketchup/Drug Dealer/Baba Ganoush

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Conrad Vernon    Director
Greg Tiernan    Director
Seth Rogen    Screenwriter
Evan Goldberg    Screenwriter
Kyle Hunter    Screenwriter
Ariel Shaffir    Screenwriter
Seth Rogen    Story by
Evan Goldberg    Story by
Jonah Hill    Story by
Megan Ellison    Producer
Seth Rogen    Producer
Evan Goldberg    Producer
Conrad Vernon    Producer
Jonah Hill    Executive Producer
James Weaver    Executive Producer
Ariel Shaffir    Executive Producer
Kyle Hunter    Executive Producer
David Distenfeld    Executive Producer
Pilar Flynn    Co-Producer
Alexandria McAtee    Co-Producer
Jillian Longnecker    Co-Producer
Bert Van Brande    Visual Effects Supervisor
Kevin Pavlovic    Editor
Alan Menken    Composer
Christopher Lennertz    Composer
Gabe Hilfer    Music Supervisor
Nicole Stinn    Line Producer
Bruce Franklin    Line Producer
Arlyn Bantog    Production Manager
Todd Kunjan Demong*    Storyboard Supervisor
Scott Digs Underwood    Lead Storyboard Artist
Johnny Castuciano    Storyboard Artist
David Dick    Storyboard Artist
Kenny Park    Storyboard Artist
Cory Toomey    Storyboard Artist
James Wootton    Storyboard Artist
Kyle McQueen    Production Designer
Craig Kellman    Lead Character Designer
Michael Linton    Lead Character Designer
Ellery VanDooyeweert    First Assistant Editor
Anthony Bauyon    Assistant Editor
Jenn Strom    Assistant Editor
Nate Barnard    Character CG Supervisor
Tarek Elaydi    Character CG Supervisor
Steve Wittmann    Animation Supervisor
Jeff Bailey    Animation Supervisor
Shaun Gordon    Post-Production Supervisor
Geoffrey G. Rubay    Sound Design and Supervision
Deb Adair    Re-recording Mixer
Chris Carpenter    Re-recording Mixer
David Werntz    Sound Effects Editor
Ryan Collins    Sound Effects Editor
Geoffrey G. Rubay    Foley Mixer
Frank Wolf    Score Mixer

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

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September 7th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

The Labor Day long weekend wasn’t even close with Don’t Breathe earning more over three days than any other film earned over four. There were a couple of other major stories as Suicide Squad hit $300 million on Monday and Bad Moms hit $100 million on Saturday. Given the production budgets of those two films, the latter has a lot more reasons to celebrate. As for the new releases, the studios will just be hoping no one remembers them in a few weeks. The Light Between Oceans missed the top five, while Morgan missed the top ten. The overall box office fell 16% to $99 million over the three-day weekend and $127 million including Monday. This is 8.9% higher than the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2016’s lead over 2015 grew to $500 million at $7.98 billion to $7.48 billion. That’s a lead of 6.7%. It would take a real collapse for 2016 to lose at this rate. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Don’t Breathe Made the Box Office Gasp with $26.41 million

August 29th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

Don’t Breathe topped the weekend box office chart earning $26.41 million. This was double its nearest competitor, Suicide Squad, and more than three times the other new release, Mechanic: Resurrection. The overall box office fell 12% from last weekend to $117 million. This is 33% higher than this weekend last year, which is really impressive for a year-over-year comparison. Year-to-date, 2016’s lead over 2015 has grown to $480 million or 6.5% at $7.81 billion to $7.33 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Don’t Breathe Launches with Impressive $26.1 Million

August 28th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

Fall season begins in earnest this weekend with the low-budget suspense flick Don’t Breathe taking over at the top of the box office chart. Sony is predicting a $26.1 million debut for the film, which will be the best debut for a horror or suspense film since The Purge: Election Year’s $31.5 million in July, and the best for a non-sequel since Annabelle’s $37.1 million in October, 2014. Don’t Breathe has the advantage of really good reviews (currently running at 84% positive on Rotten Tomatoes), although it will have a lot of competition over the next few weeks, with films aimed at a broadly similar audience coming out every week for the next three weeks (not to mention a truckload more arriving in October). More...

Friday Estimates: Don’t Breathe Inhales $10.02 million

August 27th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

Don’t Breathe earned a stunning $10.02 million on Friday, which isn’t that much less than some people predicted it would earn over the entire weekend. Its reviews are among the best of any wide release to come out this year. Its CinemaScore was a B+, which is better than most horror films manage. (Like I’ve said in the past, there are two schools of horror fans: gorehounds and those who demand high tension. It is nearly impossible to appeal to both groups, so these movies have a hard time doing well in this metric.) Horror films tend to have a low internal multiplier, but the film is still on pace for $23 million, which is ahead of predictions. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will the New Releases be a Breath of Fresh Air?

August 25th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

It’s the last weekend of summer and a number of schools are already back, so the box office prospects are really low. That’s not to say there’s nothing to look forward to, as Don’t Breathe is earning stellar reviews. On the other hand, Mechanic: Resurrection still has no reviews. (There was another movie, Hands of Stone, that was expected to open wide, but that is no longer the case.) This weekend last year, Straight Outta Compton completed its threepete with $13.13 million. The best new release was War Room, which only managed $11.35 million. This year, the two wide releases will topped the combined numbers of those two films, while the holdovers will push 2016 over 2015 in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Weekend Estimates: Newcomers Can’t Dislodge Suicide Squad

August 21st, 2016

Suicide Squad

Three even-matched debutants proved to be no match for the incumbents at the box office this weekend, with Suicide Squad taking a third straight victory at the box office with $20.71 million, according to Warner Bros.’ Sunday morning projection. Sausage Party stays in second with $15.3 million, and that leaves the new entrants in 3rd, 4th and 5th. This was a weekend where diversity isn’t the problem, but novelty is. More...

Friday Estimates: Suicide Squad Leads Slow Night with $6.03 million

August 20th, 2016

War Dogs

Suicide Squad led the way on Friday with $6.03 million. This is almost perfectly in line with predictions and it should finish with just a little above $20 million over the weekend. More...

Weekend Predictions: Dog Days of Summer are Here

August 18th, 2016

War Dogs

Summer is over, at least as far as the box office is concerned. There are three films opening wide and another expanding wide-ish, but none of them are expected to crack $20 million over the weekend. War Dogs should come the closest, but even then, it is only aiming at the midteens. Kubo and the Two Strings is the best of the new releases, but recent history isn’t kind to stop-motion animated films. The final wide release of the week is Ben-Hur. This film cost nearly $100 million to make and it is expected to bomb spectacularly. Hell or High Water is expected to expand semi-wide, perhaps wide enough to score a spot in the top ten. Suicide Squad will likely win the box office race, but this has less to do with the film’s strength and more to do with the weak competition. Speaking of weak competition, this weekend last year, Straight Outta Compton earned more than all three wide releases combined. 2016 won’t be able to match it at the top of the chart, but there’s much better depth this year than last year, so 2016 should win in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Theater Averages: Hell of a Good Time

August 16th, 2016

Hell or High Water

Hell or High Water led the way on the Theater Average Chart with an average of $19,417 in 32 theaters. The studio was hoping for only half of that, so this is a fantastic start. The biggest new release of the week, Sausage Party, was next with an average of $11,042, while the overall number one film, Suicide Squad, was right behind with $10,232. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Suicide Slumps to $43.54 million, Sausage Soars with $34.26 million

August 16th, 2016

Sausage Party

The overall box office was a little weaker than expected with Suicide Squad falling nearly as fast as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice did. On the other hand, Sausage Party opened better than expected earning a solid second place. Overall, the box office pulled in $172 million over the weekend, which is 25% smaller than last weekend. Compared to the same weekend last year, the box office was 16% higher and that’s the most important number. Year-to-date, 2016 has pulled in $7.43 billion, putting it 5.3% ahead of last year’s pace. The box office just needs to maintain its $380 million lead throughout the rest of the summer to be considered a success. More...

Weekend Estimates: Pete’s Dragon and Suicide Squad Soft, Sausage Party Firm

August 14th, 2016

Suicide Squad

A precipitous drop from last weekend won’t be enough to knock Suicide Squad off its perch at the top of the box office chart, according to studio estimates released on Friday. But a 67% fall is steep, even by modern standards. On the bright side, it is less than Batman v Superman’s 69% decline in its second weekend earlier this year, at least according to the estimates. A weak Sunday would put the two films basically neck-and-neck on that front, and it looks increasingly likely that Suicide Squad will end with less than $300 million domestically. More...

Friday Estimates: Sausage Squad

August 13th, 2016

Sausage Party

Sausage Party actually earned first place on Friday with $13.5 million, putting it just ahead of Suicide Squad. That lead won’t last, as new releases almost never has an internal multiplier as big as holdovers do. The film does have excellent reviews, but only earned a B CinemaScore. This could mean critics liked the film more than its target audience and it will have short legs. Or it could mean it is a more niche market release and it will be a cult classic in a few years. Regardless, a $33 million opening is in the works, which is excellent for a film that cost $19 million to make. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Sausages get the Drop on the Dragon

August 12th, 2016

Sausage Party

Sausage Party got off to a fast start with $3.25 million in previews. By comparison, Bad Moms earned $2 million during its previews two weeks ago, on its way to a $23.82 million opening weekend. If the two films had the same legs for their opening weekends, then we would be looking at a $38 million debut. Sausage Party does have better reviews that Bad Moms earned, but Bad Moms is aimed at a female demographic and generally speaking, women are less likely to rush out to see a movie during previews. So I think it is wise to be a little more cautious, but an opening weekend of over $30 million is still reason to celebrate. More...

Weekend Predictions: Party Time

August 11th, 2016

Sausage Party

Before we talk about the weekend predictions... If you can read this, it means my transfer worked well enough and I can do work from my parents house while pet-sitting. I will be at my parents place for three weeks looking after their dog and cat. I was at their house for less than 30 minutes before stepping into a puddle of dog drool. It is going to be a very long three weeks. ... As for the releases for the week, they are all amazing. The film earning the weakest reviews at the moment is Sausage Party, which is earning 82% positive reviews. 82% positive is the weakest of the three wide releases. That's amazing. On the other hand, it won't be the biggest release of the week. Pete’s Dragon has a better than 50/50 chance at reaching $100 million in total; however, as a family film, it will start relatively slow, but have good legs. Finally, there’s Florence Foster Jenkins, which is an early Oscar contender. It is not opening in a lot of theaters, so it is going to need great word-of-mouth to thrive. None of these new releases will match last year’s number one film, Straight Outta Compton, so it will be up to Suicide Squad to keep 2016 on the winning track. I think it will collapse by more than 60%, but 2016 has a lot better depth than 2015 and it will come out on top. More...

Contest: For Pete’s Sake

August 5th, 2016

Pete’s Dragon

Next week is likely going to be the last weekend of summer, as Pete’s Dragon is the last film coming out this summer with a realistic shot at $100 million at the box office. The other two releases, Florence Foster Jenkins and Sausage Party, are pure counter-programming. If they make $100 million combined, then at least one of them will be seen as a success. Pete’s Dragon might not earn first place over the weekend, but it is the only real choice for the target film in this week's Box Office Prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Pete’s Dragon.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a Frankenprize consisting of a full-season TV on DVD release, two previously reviewed movies, or three single-disc kids DVDs. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a Frankenprize, as described above. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will win the third Frankenprize, as described above.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

2016 Preview: August

August 1st, 2016

Suicide Squad

July did reasonably well, thanks mostly to The Secret Life of Pets, which will top $300 million shortly and could earn double its nearest competitor when all is said and done. That said, there were also a quartet of $100 million hits as well, so the month had good depth as well. August isn’t as lucky. There is one film that is expected to earn $100 million during its opening weekend, Suicide Squad, and one more that is expected to reach $100 million in total, Pete’s Dragon. There could be a surprise hit among the rest of the releases, (my long shot with a shot is Sausage Party) but for the most part, the rest of the wide releases would be happy with just $50 million at the box office. Last August was a disaster and Straight Outta Compton was the only hit of the month. Unless Suicide Squad bombs compared to expectations, 2016 will come out ahead in the year-over-year comparison. More...


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Synopsis

One sausage leads a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$34,263,534 (35.1% of total gross)
Legs:2.85 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:69.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$19,000,000 (worldwide box office is 7.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,103 opening theaters/3,135 max. theaters, 5.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $121,720,969

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 12th, 2016 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
International Releases: August 10th, 2016 (Wide) (Trinidad)
August 11th, 2016 (Wide) (Aruba)
August 11th, 2016 (Wide) (Curacao)
August 11th, 2016 (Wide) (Dominican Republic)
August 11th, 2016 (Wide) (Israel)
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Video Release: November 1st, 2016 by Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for strong crude sexual content, pervasive language, and drug use.
(Rating bulletin 2427 (Cert #49738), 6/1/2016)
Running Time: 85 minutes
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Keywords: Food, Animated Inanimate Objects
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Digital Animation
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production/Financing Companies: Annapurna Pictures, Point Grey, Columbia Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 205 $5,193,461 Sep 2, 2016 24
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 344 $6,722,347 Sep 2, 2016 24
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 167 $6,458,225 Sep 2, 2016 24
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 211 $8,359,446 Sep 2, 2016 24
Biggest Domestic August Weekend 33 $34,263,534 Aug 12, 2016 3
Top Comedy Weekend Domestic 56 $34,263,534 Aug 12, 2016 3
Top Fantasy Weekend Domestic 77 $34,263,534 Aug 12, 2016 3
Top R Weekend Domestic 92 $34,263,534 Aug 12, 2016 3
Top Sony Pictures Weekend Domestic 84 $34,263,534 Aug 12, 2016 3
Biggest Domestic August Day 64 $13,510,615 Aug 12, 2016 1

Leading Cast

Seth Rogen    Frank/Sergeant Pepper
Kristen Wiig    Brenda

Supporting Cast

Jonah Hill    Carl
Bill Hader    Firewater/Tequila/El Guaco
Michael Cera    Barry
James Franco    Druggie
Danny McBride    Honey Mustard
Craig Robinson    Grits
Paul Rudd    Darren
Nick Kroll    Douche
David Krumholtz    Lavash
Edward Norton    Sammy
Salma Hayek    Teresa
Alistair Abell    Mariachi Salsa/Gefilte Fish
Iris Apatow    Berry Good Candies/Grape #3/Coconut Milk
Sugar Lyn Beard    Baby Carrot/Cookies
Ian James Corlett    Apple/Tickilish Licorice/Relish/Bag of Dog Food
Michael Daingerfield    Chunk Munchers Cereal/Light Bulb/Indian Chutney
Brian Dobson    Italian Tomato/Lettuce
Michael Dobson    Queso
Ian Hanlin    Beet
Maryke Hendrikse    Popped Cherry Mixer/Plum #1/Loretta Bun/Frozen Fruitz
Anders Holm    Troy
Lauren Miller-Rogen*    Camille Toh/Tampon
Nicole Oliver    Sally Bun/Ice Cream/Watermelon/Female Shopper #1
Kelly Sheridan    Roberta Bun/Grape #2/Female Shopper #2
Jason Simpson    Plum #2/Beer Keg/Fat Guy/Fit Man
Greg Tiernan    Potato/Noodle Soup
Vincent Tong    Pislitz Chips/Juice Box/Jamaican Rum
Scott Digs Underwood    Gum/Twink/Krinkler's Chips/Pizza
Conrad Vernon    Toilet Paper/Sauerkraut/Catcall Sausage/Grape #1/Beer Can/Pop Bottle
Sam Vincent    Old Pork Sausage/Refried Beans/Sandwich/Pop Tart/Licorice Rope
Harland Williams    Ketchup/Drug Dealer/Baba Ganoush

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Conrad Vernon    Director
Greg Tiernan    Director
Seth Rogen    Screenwriter
Evan Goldberg    Screenwriter
Kyle Hunter    Screenwriter
Ariel Shaffir    Screenwriter
Seth Rogen    Story by
Evan Goldberg    Story by
Jonah Hill    Story by
Megan Ellison    Producer
Seth Rogen    Producer
Evan Goldberg    Producer
Conrad Vernon    Producer
Jonah Hill    Executive Producer
James Weaver    Executive Producer
Ariel Shaffir    Executive Producer
Kyle Hunter    Executive Producer
David Distenfeld    Executive Producer
Pilar Flynn    Co-Producer
Alexandria McAtee    Co-Producer
Jillian Longnecker    Co-Producer
Bert Van Brande    Visual Effects Supervisor
Kevin Pavlovic    Editor
Alan Menken    Composer
Christopher Lennertz    Composer
Gabe Hilfer    Music Supervisor
Nicole Stinn    Line Producer
Bruce Franklin    Line Producer
Arlyn Bantog    Production Manager
Todd Kunjan Demong*    Storyboard Supervisor
Scott Digs Underwood    Lead Storyboard Artist
Johnny Castuciano    Storyboard Artist
David Dick    Storyboard Artist
Kenny Park    Storyboard Artist
Cory Toomey    Storyboard Artist
James Wootton    Storyboard Artist
Kyle McQueen    Production Designer
Craig Kellman    Lead Character Designer
Michael Linton    Lead Character Designer
Ellery VanDooyeweert    First Assistant Editor
Anthony Bauyon    Assistant Editor
Jenn Strom    Assistant Editor
Nate Barnard    Character CG Supervisor
Tarek Elaydi    Character CG Supervisor
Steve Wittmann    Animation Supervisor
Jeff Bailey    Animation Supervisor
Shaun Gordon    Post-Production Supervisor
Geoffrey G. Rubay    Sound Design and Supervision
Deb Adair    Re-recording Mixer
Chris Carpenter    Re-recording Mixer
David Werntz    Sound Effects Editor
Ryan Collins    Sound Effects Editor
Geoffrey G. Rubay    Foley Mixer
Frank Wolf    Score Mixer

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Home Market Releases for November 8th, 2016

November 8th, 2016

Bubba Ho-Tep

It’s not a particularly deep week for new releases. A lot of releases on this week’s list were good, but not good enough to be a contender for Pick of the Week, like Daredevil: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray. I reviewed Finding Dory this weekend, but I have already named it Pick of the Week. So the only real contender was Bubba Ho-Tep: Collector’s Edition. More...

Home Market Releases for November 1st, 2016

November 2nd, 2016

Star Trek Beyond

The Home Market Release Report is a day late this week for a trio of reasons. Firstly, the November Preview was also due the same day. Secondly, it was a very busy week. And finally, I’m suffering from a medical condition a lot of Canadians suffer from this time of year... acute Coffee Crisp poisoning. I’m not saying I ate four dozen fun-sized Coffee Crisps in the past three days... I’m not saying that, because it was actually an even 50. Don’t judge me. ... Okay, judge me. Clearly mistakes were made. It is a busy week, but not very deep week. Star Trek Beyond is by far the biggest and best release of the week and the various home market releases are the pick of the week. There wasn’t a lot of competition for that title, but Bad Moms is also worth picking up. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Breathe Blows Away the New Releases

September 7th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

The Labor Day long weekend wasn’t even close with Don’t Breathe earning more over three days than any other film earned over four. There were a couple of other major stories as Suicide Squad hit $300 million on Monday and Bad Moms hit $100 million on Saturday. Given the production budgets of those two films, the latter has a lot more reasons to celebrate. As for the new releases, the studios will just be hoping no one remembers them in a few weeks. The Light Between Oceans missed the top five, while Morgan missed the top ten. The overall box office fell 16% to $99 million over the three-day weekend and $127 million including Monday. This is 8.9% higher than the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2016’s lead over 2015 grew to $500 million at $7.98 billion to $7.48 billion. That’s a lead of 6.7%. It would take a real collapse for 2016 to lose at this rate. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Don’t Breathe Made the Box Office Gasp with $26.41 million

August 29th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

Don’t Breathe topped the weekend box office chart earning $26.41 million. This was double its nearest competitor, Suicide Squad, and more than three times the other new release, Mechanic: Resurrection. The overall box office fell 12% from last weekend to $117 million. This is 33% higher than this weekend last year, which is really impressive for a year-over-year comparison. Year-to-date, 2016’s lead over 2015 has grown to $480 million or 6.5% at $7.81 billion to $7.33 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Don’t Breathe Launches with Impressive $26.1 Million

August 28th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

Fall season begins in earnest this weekend with the low-budget suspense flick Don’t Breathe taking over at the top of the box office chart. Sony is predicting a $26.1 million debut for the film, which will be the best debut for a horror or suspense film since The Purge: Election Year’s $31.5 million in July, and the best for a non-sequel since Annabelle’s $37.1 million in October, 2014. Don’t Breathe has the advantage of really good reviews (currently running at 84% positive on Rotten Tomatoes), although it will have a lot of competition over the next few weeks, with films aimed at a broadly similar audience coming out every week for the next three weeks (not to mention a truckload more arriving in October). More...

Friday Estimates: Don’t Breathe Inhales $10.02 million

August 27th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

Don’t Breathe earned a stunning $10.02 million on Friday, which isn’t that much less than some people predicted it would earn over the entire weekend. Its reviews are among the best of any wide release to come out this year. Its CinemaScore was a B+, which is better than most horror films manage. (Like I’ve said in the past, there are two schools of horror fans: gorehounds and those who demand high tension. It is nearly impossible to appeal to both groups, so these movies have a hard time doing well in this metric.) Horror films tend to have a low internal multiplier, but the film is still on pace for $23 million, which is ahead of predictions. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will the New Releases be a Breath of Fresh Air?

August 25th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

It’s the last weekend of summer and a number of schools are already back, so the box office prospects are really low. That’s not to say there’s nothing to look forward to, as Don’t Breathe is earning stellar reviews. On the other hand, Mechanic: Resurrection still has no reviews. (There was another movie, Hands of Stone, that was expected to open wide, but that is no longer the case.) This weekend last year, Straight Outta Compton completed its threepete with $13.13 million. The best new release was War Room, which only managed $11.35 million. This year, the two wide releases will topped the combined numbers of those two films, while the holdovers will push 2016 over 2015 in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Weekend Estimates: Newcomers Can’t Dislodge Suicide Squad

August 21st, 2016

Suicide Squad

Three even-matched debutants proved to be no match for the incumbents at the box office this weekend, with Suicide Squad taking a third straight victory at the box office with $20.71 million, according to Warner Bros.’ Sunday morning projection. Sausage Party stays in second with $15.3 million, and that leaves the new entrants in 3rd, 4th and 5th. This was a weekend where diversity isn’t the problem, but novelty is. More...

Friday Estimates: Suicide Squad Leads Slow Night with $6.03 million

August 20th, 2016

War Dogs

Suicide Squad led the way on Friday with $6.03 million. This is almost perfectly in line with predictions and it should finish with just a little above $20 million over the weekend. More...

Weekend Predictions: Dog Days of Summer are Here

August 18th, 2016

War Dogs

Summer is over, at least as far as the box office is concerned. There are three films opening wide and another expanding wide-ish, but none of them are expected to crack $20 million over the weekend. War Dogs should come the closest, but even then, it is only aiming at the midteens. Kubo and the Two Strings is the best of the new releases, but recent history isn’t kind to stop-motion animated films. The final wide release of the week is Ben-Hur. This film cost nearly $100 million to make and it is expected to bomb spectacularly. Hell or High Water is expected to expand semi-wide, perhaps wide enough to score a spot in the top ten. Suicide Squad will likely win the box office race, but this has less to do with the film’s strength and more to do with the weak competition. Speaking of weak competition, this weekend last year, Straight Outta Compton earned more than all three wide releases combined. 2016 won’t be able to match it at the top of the chart, but there’s much better depth this year than last year, so 2016 should win in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Theater Averages: Hell of a Good Time

August 16th, 2016

Hell or High Water

Hell or High Water led the way on the Theater Average Chart with an average of $19,417 in 32 theaters. The studio was hoping for only half of that, so this is a fantastic start. The biggest new release of the week, Sausage Party, was next with an average of $11,042, while the overall number one film, Suicide Squad, was right behind with $10,232. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Suicide Slumps to $43.54 million, Sausage Soars with $34.26 million

August 16th, 2016

Sausage Party

The overall box office was a little weaker than expected with Suicide Squad falling nearly as fast as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice did. On the other hand, Sausage Party opened better than expected earning a solid second place. Overall, the box office pulled in $172 million over the weekend, which is 25% smaller than last weekend. Compared to the same weekend last year, the box office was 16% higher and that’s the most important number. Year-to-date, 2016 has pulled in $7.43 billion, putting it 5.3% ahead of last year’s pace. The box office just needs to maintain its $380 million lead throughout the rest of the summer to be considered a success. More...

Weekend Estimates: Pete’s Dragon and Suicide Squad Soft, Sausage Party Firm

August 14th, 2016

Suicide Squad

A precipitous drop from last weekend won’t be enough to knock Suicide Squad off its perch at the top of the box office chart, according to studio estimates released on Friday. But a 67% fall is steep, even by modern standards. On the bright side, it is less than Batman v Superman’s 69% decline in its second weekend earlier this year, at least according to the estimates. A weak Sunday would put the two films basically neck-and-neck on that front, and it looks increasingly likely that Suicide Squad will end with less than $300 million domestically. More...

Friday Estimates: Sausage Squad

August 13th, 2016

Sausage Party

Sausage Party actually earned first place on Friday with $13.5 million, putting it just ahead of Suicide Squad. That lead won’t last, as new releases almost never has an internal multiplier as big as holdovers do. The film does have excellent reviews, but only earned a B CinemaScore. This could mean critics liked the film more than its target audience and it will have short legs. Or it could mean it is a more niche market release and it will be a cult classic in a few years. Regardless, a $33 million opening is in the works, which is excellent for a film that cost $19 million to make. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Sausages get the Drop on the Dragon

August 12th, 2016

Sausage Party

Sausage Party got off to a fast start with $3.25 million in previews. By comparison, Bad Moms earned $2 million during its previews two weeks ago, on its way to a $23.82 million opening weekend. If the two films had the same legs for their opening weekends, then we would be looking at a $38 million debut. Sausage Party does have better reviews that Bad Moms earned, but Bad Moms is aimed at a female demographic and generally speaking, women are less likely to rush out to see a movie during previews. So I think it is wise to be a little more cautious, but an opening weekend of over $30 million is still reason to celebrate. More...

Weekend Predictions: Party Time

August 11th, 2016

Sausage Party

Before we talk about the weekend predictions... If you can read this, it means my transfer worked well enough and I can do work from my parents house while pet-sitting. I will be at my parents place for three weeks looking after their dog and cat. I was at their house for less than 30 minutes before stepping into a puddle of dog drool. It is going to be a very long three weeks. ... As for the releases for the week, they are all amazing. The film earning the weakest reviews at the moment is Sausage Party, which is earning 82% positive reviews. 82% positive is the weakest of the three wide releases. That's amazing. On the other hand, it won't be the biggest release of the week. Pete’s Dragon has a better than 50/50 chance at reaching $100 million in total; however, as a family film, it will start relatively slow, but have good legs. Finally, there’s Florence Foster Jenkins, which is an early Oscar contender. It is not opening in a lot of theaters, so it is going to need great word-of-mouth to thrive. None of these new releases will match last year’s number one film, Straight Outta Compton, so it will be up to Suicide Squad to keep 2016 on the winning track. I think it will collapse by more than 60%, but 2016 has a lot better depth than 2015 and it will come out on top. More...

Contest: For Pete’s Sake

August 5th, 2016

Pete’s Dragon

Next week is likely going to be the last weekend of summer, as Pete’s Dragon is the last film coming out this summer with a realistic shot at $100 million at the box office. The other two releases, Florence Foster Jenkins and Sausage Party, are pure counter-programming. If they make $100 million combined, then at least one of them will be seen as a success. Pete’s Dragon might not earn first place over the weekend, but it is the only real choice for the target film in this week's Box Office Prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Pete’s Dragon.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a Frankenprize consisting of a full-season TV on DVD release, two previously reviewed movies, or three single-disc kids DVDs. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a Frankenprize, as described above. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will win the third Frankenprize, as described above.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

2016 Preview: August

August 1st, 2016

Suicide Squad

July did reasonably well, thanks mostly to The Secret Life of Pets, which will top $300 million shortly and could earn double its nearest competitor when all is said and done. That said, there were also a quartet of $100 million hits as well, so the month had good depth as well. August isn’t as lucky. There is one film that is expected to earn $100 million during its opening weekend, Suicide Squad, and one more that is expected to reach $100 million in total, Pete’s Dragon. There could be a surprise hit among the rest of the releases, (my long shot with a shot is Sausage Party) but for the most part, the rest of the wide releases would be happy with just $50 million at the box office. Last August was a disaster and Straight Outta Compton was the only hit of the month. Unless Suicide Squad bombs compared to expectations, 2016 will come out ahead in the year-over-year comparison. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 12, 2016 2 $34,263,534   3,103 $11,042   $34,263,534 1
Aug 19, 2016 2 $15,485,577 -55% 3,103 $4,991   $65,486,596 2
Aug 26, 2016 4 $7,525,655 -51% 3,135 $2,401   $79,869,165 3
Sep 2, 2016 5 $5,193,461 -31% 2,766 $1,878   $88,339,585 4
Sep 9, 2016 10 $2,342,003 -55% 2,071 $1,131   $93,224,582 5
Sep 16, 2016 16 $1,203,151 -49% 1,181 $1,019   $95,338,012 6
Sep 23, 2016 16 $562,680 -53% 551 $1,021   $96,384,272 7
Sep 30, 2016 26 $189,771 -66% 233 $814   $96,781,170 8
Oct 7, 2016 16 $471,424 +148% 1,071 $440   $97,325,575 9
Oct 14, 2016 46 $49,649 -89% 99 $502   $97,596,322 10
Oct 21, 2016 65 $20,268 -59% 45 $450   $97,636,799 11
Oct 28, 2016 61 $14,682 -28% 37 $397   $97,661,826 12

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Aug 11, 2016 P $3,250,000     0     $3,250,000  
Aug 12, 2016 1 $13,510,615     3,103 $4,354   $13,510,615 1
Aug 13, 2016 2 $11,397,989 -16%   3,103 $3,673   $24,908,604 2
Aug 14, 2016 2 $9,354,930 -18%   3,103 $3,015   $34,263,534 3
Aug 15, 2016 2 $4,441,316 -53%   3,103 $1,431   $38,704,850 4
Aug 16, 2016 2 $4,927,303 +11%   3,103 $1,588   $43,632,153 5
Aug 17, 2016 2 $3,360,038 -32%   3,103 $1,083   $46,992,191 6
Aug 18, 2016 2 $3,008,828 -10%   3,103 $970   $50,001,019 7
Aug 19, 2016 3 $4,968,454 +65% -63% 3,103 $1,601   $54,969,473 8
Aug 20, 2016 2 $5,859,038 +18% -49% 3,103 $1,888   $60,828,511 9
Aug 21, 2016 2 $4,658,085 -20% -50% 3,103 $1,501   $65,486,596 10
Aug 22, 2016 2 $1,857,049 -60% -58% 3,103 $598   $67,343,645 11
Aug 23, 2016 2 $2,204,469 +19% -55% 3,103 $710   $69,548,114 12
Aug 24, 2016 2 $1,494,802 -32% -56% 3,103 $482   $71,042,916 13
Aug 25, 2016 2 $1,300,594 -13% -57% 3,103 $419   $72,343,510 14
Aug 26, 2016 4 $2,289,972 +76% -54% 3,135 $730   $74,633,482 15
Aug 27, 2016 5 $3,161,932 +38% -46% 3,135 $1,009   $77,795,414 16
Aug 28, 2016 5 $2,073,751 -34% -55% 3,135 $661   $79,869,165 17
Aug 29, 2016 3 $807,222 -61% -57% 3,135 $257   $80,676,387 18
Aug 30, 2016 3 $1,022,160 +27% -54% 3,135 $326   $81,698,547 19
Aug 31, 2016 3 $722,605 -29% -52% 3,135 $230   $82,421,152 20
Sep 1, 2016 4 $724,972 n/c -44% 3,135 $231   $83,146,124 21
Sep 2, 2016 6 $1,376,760 +90% -40% 2,766 $498   $84,522,884 22
Sep 3, 2016 5 $1,907,711 +39% -40% 2,766 $690   $86,430,595 23
Sep 4, 2016 5 $1,908,990 n/c -8% 2,766 $690   $88,339,585 24
Sep 5, 2016 9 $1,264,764 -34% +57% 2,766 $457   $89,604,349 25
Sep 6, 2016 4 $529,644 -58% -48% 2,766 $191   $90,133,993 26
Sep 7, 2016 4 $389,037 -27% -46% 2,766 $141   $90,523,030 27
Sep 8, 2016 4 $359,549 -8% -50% 2,766 $130   $90,882,579 28
Sep 9, 2016 8 $709,988 +97% -48% 2,071 $343   $91,592,567 29
Sep 10, 2016 10 $1,064,694 +50% -44% 2,071 $514   $92,657,261 30
Sep 11, 2016 10 $567,321 -47% -70% 2,071 $274   $93,224,582 31
Sep 12, 2016 6 $224,235 -60% -82% 2,071 $108   $93,448,817 32
Sep 13, 2016 7 $301,469 +34% -43% 2,071 $146   $93,750,286 33
Sep 14, 2016 8 $212,987 -29% -45% 2,071 $103   $93,963,273 34
Sep 15, 2016 8 $171,588 -19% -52% 2,071 $83   $94,134,861 35
Sep 16, 2016 14 $374,405 +118% -47% 1,181 $317   $94,509,266 36
Sep 17, 2016 14 $537,557 +44% -50% 1,181 $455   $95,046,823 37
Sep 18, 2016 - $291,189 -46% -49% 1,181 $247   $95,338,012 38
Sep 19, 2016 11 $128,307 -56% -43% 1,181 $109   $95,466,319 39
Sep 20, 2016 13 $150,333 +17% -50% 1,181 $127   $95,616,652 40
Sep 21, 2016 13 $115,268 -23% -46% 1,181 $98   $95,731,920 41
Sep 22, 2016 12 $89,672 -22% -48% 1,181 $76   $95,821,592 42
Sep 23, 2016 14 $181,600 +103% -51% 551 $330   $96,003,192 43
Sep 24, 2016 - $260,883 +44% -51% 551 $473   $96,264,075 44
Sep 25, 2016 - $120,197 -54% -59% 551 $218   $96,384,272 45
Sep 26, 2016 15 $52,916 -56% -59% 551 $96   $96,437,188 46
Sep 27, 2016 15 $63,389 +20% -58% 551 $115   $96,500,577 47
Sep 28, 2016 15 $51,047 -19% -56% 551 $93   $96,551,624 48
Sep 29, 2016 - $39,775 -22% -56% 551 $72   $96,591,399 49
Sep 30, 2016 - $59,700 +50% -67% 233 $256   $96,651,099 50
Oct 1, 2016 - $89,877 +51% -66% 233 $386   $96,740,976 51
Oct 2, 2016 - $40,194 -55% -67% 233 $173   $96,781,170 52
Oct 3, 2016 - $18,745 -53% -65% 233 $80   $96,799,915 53
Oct 4, 2016 - $18,824 n/c -70% 233 $81   $96,818,739 54
Oct 5, 2016 - $17,857 -5% -65% 233 $77   $96,836,596 55
Oct 6, 2016 - $17,555 -2% -56% 233 $75   $96,854,151 56
Oct 7, 2016 - $139,193 +693% +133% 1,071 $130   $96,993,344 57
Oct 8, 2016 - $204,651 +47% +128% 1,071 $191   $97,197,995 58
Oct 9, 2016 - $127,580 -38% +217% 1,071 $119   $97,325,575 59
Oct 10, 2016 15 $71,693 -44% +282% 1,071 $67   $97,397,268 60
Oct 11, 2016 - $58,973 -18% +213% 1,071 $55   $97,456,241 61
Oct 12, 2016 - $52,617 -11% +195% 1,071 $49   $97,508,858 62
Oct 13, 2016 - $37,815 -28% +115% 1,071 $35   $97,546,673 63
Oct 14, 2016 - $13,784 -64% -90% 99 $139   $97,560,457 64
Oct 15, 2016 - $22,849 +66% -89% 99 $231   $97,583,306 65
Oct 16, 2016 - $13,016 -43% -90% 99 $131   $97,596,322 66
Oct 17, 2016 - $5,516 -58% -92% 99 $56   $97,601,838 67
Oct 18, 2016 - $5,767 +5% -90% 99 $58   $97,607,605 68
Oct 19, 2016 - $4,913 -15% -91% 99 $50   $97,612,518 69
Oct 20, 2016 - $4,013 -18% -89% 99 $41   $97,616,531 70
Oct 21, 2016 - $6,339 +58% -54% 45 $141   $97,622,870 71
Oct 22, 2016 - $8,337 +32% -64% 45 $185   $97,631,207 72
Oct 23, 2016 - $5,592 -33% -57% 45 $124   $97,636,799 73
Oct 24, 2016 - $2,560 -54% -54% 45 $57   $97,639,359 74
Oct 25, 2016 - $2,589 +1% -55% 45 $58   $97,641,948 75
Oct 26, 2016 - $2,622 +1% -47% 45 $58   $97,644,570 76
Oct 27, 2016 - $2,574 -2% -36% 45 $57   $97,647,144 77
Oct 28, 2016 - $4,569 +78% -28% 37 $123   $97,651,713 78
Oct 29, 2016 - $6,018 +32% -28% 37 $163   $97,657,731 79
Oct 30, 2016 - $4,095 -32% -27% 37 $111   $97,661,826 80
Oct 31, 2016 - $1,556 -62% -39% 37 $42   $97,663,382 81
Nov 1, 2016 - $2,257 +45% -13% 37 $61   $97,665,639 82
Nov 2, 2016 - $2,081 -8% -21% 37 $56   $97,667,720 83
Nov 3, 2016 - $2,638 +27% +2% 37 $71   $97,670,358 84

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 12, 2016 2 $50,001,019   3,103 $16,114   $50,001,019 1
Aug 19, 2016 2 $22,342,491 -55% 3,103 $7,200   $72,343,510 2
Aug 26, 2016 4 $10,802,614 -52% 3,135 $3,446   $83,146,124 3
Sep 2, 2016 5 $7,736,455 -28% 2,766 $2,797   $90,882,579 4
Sep 9, 2016 10 $3,252,282 -58% 2,071 $1,570   $94,134,861 5
Sep 16, 2016 13 $1,686,731 -48% 1,181 $1,428   $95,821,592 6
Sep 23, 2016 16 $769,807 -54% 551 $1,397   $96,591,399 7
Sep 30, 2016 27 $262,752 -66% 233 $1,128   $96,854,151 8
Oct 7, 2016 17 $692,522 +164% 1,071 $647   $97,546,673 9
Oct 14, 2016 48 $69,858 -90% 99 $706   $97,616,531 10
Oct 21, 2016 64 $30,613 -56% 45 $680   $97,647,144 11
Oct 28, 2016 58 $23,214 -24% 37 $627   $97,670,358 12

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 10/27/2016 $68,978 77 77 136 $151,994 11/30/2018
Aruba 8/11/2016 $4,431 3 3 9 $13,773 12/31/2018
Australia 8/12/2016 $1,922,360 221 238 1,190 $6,713,023 9/26/2016
Austria 10/7/2016 $236,204 56 57 338 $815,288 12/13/2016
Belgium 10/26/2016 $38,940 20 20 44 $90,689 11/29/2016
Bolivia 10/20/2016 $16,109 12 12 22 $39,718 12/31/2018
Brazil 10/6/2016 $266,155 214 214 381 $598,136 11/8/2016
Bulgaria 9/23/2016 $4,861 29 29 54 $15,723 2/26/2019
Cambodia 9/30/2016 $0 0 16 16 $8,429 12/31/2018
Central America 10/6/2016 $97,090 83 83 120 $168,291 10/25/2016
Chile 10/20/2016 $32,998 22 22 35 $76,731 12/31/2018
Colombia 10/6/2016 $13,135 26 26 26 $13,135 12/31/2018
Croatia 9/8/2016 $19,250 21 23 76 $70,291 12/31/2018
Curacao 8/11/2016 $950 1 1 5 $4,057 12/31/2018
Czech Republic 8/25/2016 $127,790 55 57 272 $561,180 12/31/2018
Denmark 9/8/2016 $77,365 41 41 112 $225,051 10/11/2016
Dominican Republic 8/11/2016 $10,385 16 16 28 $18,145 12/31/2018
Estonia 8/26/2016 $18,925 19 19 53 $92,881 10/4/2016
Finland 10/21/2016 $73,687 41 41 129 $222,510 12/20/2016
France 11/30/2016 $240,703 81 81 182 $456,920 12/20/2016
Germany 10/6/2016 $1,259,761 444 444 2,068 $3,824,688 12/6/2016
Greece 9/29/2016 $20,478 28 28 59 $86,567 11/1/2016
Hong Kong 11/10/2016 $94,432 6 17 44 $292,878 12/13/2016
Hungary 10/6/2016 $88,712 36 41 126 $283,193 12/31/2018
Iceland 8/17/2016 $25,222 7 7 23 $116,137 12/31/2018
Israel 8/11/2016 $279,377 25 27 192 $2,024,939 12/31/2018
Italy 10/31/2016 $404,682 200 200 292 $1,043,249 11/22/2016
Jamaica 8/24/2016 $13,450 4 4 7 $21,514 12/31/2018
Japan 11/4/2016 $88,883 6 8 66 $731,857 2/14/2017
Latvia 8/26/2016 $10,273 6 7 24 $67,053 12/31/2018
Lithuania 9/16/2016 $25,613 108 108 189 $73,607 10/13/2016
Mexico 10/7/2016 $244,332 259 259 477 $617,351 11/29/2016
Mongolia 9/23/2016 $6,705 3 3 12 $23,736 12/31/2018
Netherlands 8/26/2016 $4,669 35 84 330 $714,631 10/25/2016
New Zealand 9/9/2016 $265,781 55 55 220 $731,539 10/17/2016
Norway 9/9/2016 $184,893 65 92 200 $547,464 11/1/2016
Peru 10/20/2016 $18,530 17 17 17 $18,530 12/31/2018
Philippines 9/28/2016 $75,149 58 58 65 $102,904 12/31/2018
Poland 8/12/2016 $273,287 101 110 609 $1,429,220 11/18/2018
Portugal 9/15/2016 $119,815 51 56 195 $356,239 11/4/2016
Romania 8/12/2016 $40,800 63 63 172 $117,396 12/31/2018
Russia (CIS) 9/8/2016 $1,193,183 847 847 2,126 $2,596,844 12/31/2018
Serbia and Montenegro 9/15/2016 $5,403 17 17 41 $17,976 12/31/2018
Singapore 10/6/2016 $93,047 8 8 30 $226,781 11/14/2016
Slovakia 8/11/2016 $93,652 50 50 179 $355,726 10/18/2016
Slovenia 9/8/2016 $6,872 13 13 39 $27,739 10/18/2016
South Africa 9/9/2016 $35,636 21 24 96 $161,845 10/25/2016
Spain 10/7/2016 $1,101,001 302 319 1,266 $4,248,904 12/6/2016
Suriname 8/18/2016 $1,111 1 1 4 $3,577 12/31/2018
Sweden 8/17/2016 $76,788 42 42 138 $356,150 10/18/2016
Switzerland 10/6/2016 $62,842 34 34 92 $162,909 11/29/2016
Taiwan 11/11/2016 $107,961 44 44 99 $195,215 12/6/2016
Thailand 12/29/2016 $30,091 26 26 42 $66,629 1/18/2017
Trinidad 8/10/2016 $38,681 10 11 53 $154,470 12/31/2018
Ukraine 10/20/2016 $172,985 128 131 352 $361,930 12/31/2018
United Kingdom 9/2/2016 $3,577,811 525 533 2,258 $10,219,534 11/1/2016
Uruguay 10/27/2016 $5,381 6 6 12 $10,931 12/31/2018
 
Rest of World $926,080
 
International Total$43,673,897 2/26/2019

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Nov 13, 20161287,277 287,277$4,593,559$4,593,5592
Nov 20, 2016351,340-82% 338,617$820,927$5,414,4863
Dec 4, 20162823,792 407,116$381,624$6,463,5865
Dec 11, 20162818,855-21% 425,971$300,172$6,763,7586

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Nov 13, 20161189,625 189,625$3,835,334$3,835,3342
Nov 20, 2016541,725-78% 231,350$811,563$4,646,8973

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