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Ben-Hur fails to take off on debut weekend, Bad Moms claims #1

Superhero movie Suicide Squad was finally knocked off the top of the weekend box office rankings as Bad Moms, on its third weekend showing, edged ahead by less than $30,000.

Ben-Hur trailed in fourth spot on its debut weekend, the historical blockbuster taking just $963, 660 over 316 screens. In comparison, Suicide Squad took almost $14m on debut.

Maintaining its solid performance, the DC Comics’ flick took $1.96m across 327 screens, but it was not enough to retain top spot, with Bad Moms taking $1.99m across 312 screens.

Suicide Squad now has total takings of $30.4m, with Bad Moms $10.6m.

Sausage Party remained in the top three – and ahead of Ben Hur – with takings of $1.24m over 224 screens.

Shark shocker The Shallows fell one place to fifth after dropping below $1m, while Jason Bourne’s latest outing retained sixth spot, with box office takings of $882,000, down from $1.2m.

The Jonah Hill/Miles Teller crime-dramedy War Dogs took $862,000 on its second weekend.

Title (Distributor) Weekend B/O Screens Total B/O
Bad Moms (Roadshow) $1,992,187 312 $10,629,991
Suicide Squad (Wb) $1,966,241 327 $30,485,889
The Sausage Party (Sony) $1,244,501 224 $6,993,228
Ben-hur (Paramount) $963,660 316 $979,076
The Shallows (Sony) $898,242 223 $2,908,356
Jason Bourne (Universal) $882,120 248 $19,606,811
War Dogs (Wb) $862,164 232 $2,748,724
Kubo And The Two Strings (Universal) $476,631 226 $1,290,280
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (Fox) $424,454 243 $7,822,859
David Brent: Life On The Road (Eone) $379,118 219 $379,118
Free State Of Jones (Studiocanal) $125,429 102 $131,150
Train To Busan (Cinema Asia) $125,381 22 $597,450
Star Trek Beyond (Paramount) $98,705 0 $9,392,574
Love & Friendship (Transmission) $88,826 134 $2,048,379
Finding Dory (Disney) $74,168 106 $48,427,317
Tunnel (Jbg Pictures) $68,018 12 $68,018
Hunt For The Wilderpeople (Madman) $66,430 53 $10,935,319
The Bfg (Disney) $65,594 56 $15,125,503
Ghostbusters (Sony) $64,085 58 $12,272,044
Truman (Palace) $54,495 18 $355,187
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