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The Magnificent Seven has lassoed its way to the top spot of the US box office in its opening weekend.

The remake of the 1960 Western, which stars Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt, earned an impressive $35,000,000 in its opening weekend.

It sees Sam Chisolm (Washington) agree to help the residents of a mining town escape the tyranny of corrupt industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard) by assembling a group of warriors to defeat him.

It leaves another new entry, Storks, in second place. The animated comedy, starring Andy Samberg as a baby-delivering stork, won $21,805,000 in its opening weekend.

Last week’s chart-topper Sully, which sees Tom Hanks take on the role of pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, drops to third place.

The film, about the moment Sully landed a plane on New York’s Hudson River in 2009, took another $13,830,000 over the weekend.

Bridget Jones’s Baby drops one place into number four after earning $4,520,000, while Snowden also falls one place to complete the top five. The biographical drama took $4,144,989.

Horror Blair Witch drops four places into number six after earning $3,950,000 while thriller Don’t Breathe took $3,800,000 to end up in seventh place, dropping from fifth last week.

Suicide Squad drops a spot to take eighth place, earning $3,110,000, and When The Bough Breaks drops three places to nine, taking $2,500,000.

The top ten is rounded out by Kubo and the Two Strings, previously at number nine, which secured $1,103,000.

The top ten in full is as follows:

1. (-) The Magnificent Seven – $35,000,000

2. (-) Storks – $21,805,000

3. (1) Sully – $13,830,000

4. (3) Bridget Jones’ Baby – $4,520,000

5. (4) Snowden – $4,144,989

6. (2) Blair Witch – $3,950,000

7. (5) Don’t Breathe – $3,800,000

8. (7) Suicide Squad – $3,110,000

9. (6) When the Bough Breaks – $2,500,000

10. (9) Kubo and the Two Strings – $1,103,000

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America’s favourite actor has done it again, as Tom Hanks’ latest film Sully maintains a comfortable hold of the top of the US Box Office charts for a second week running.

Taking in another $22 million in its second week of release, Hanks’ take on the hero pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger who successfully landed a plane on New York’s Hudson River in 2009 continued to win over audiences at the cinema this weekend by a very large margin.

In fact, Sully‘s closest competition was new entry Blair Witch, which took over $10m dollars less than the biopic for a box office taking of $9.65m in its first weekend to enter in at No. 2.

Fellow new entries Bridget Jones’ Baby and Snowden followed in third and fourth place this week, taking $8.24m and $8.02m respectively, while surprise box office success Don’t Breathe dropped two places to round out the top 5 with $5.6m.

Psychological thriller When the Bough Breaks took another $5.5m in its second week of release to finish the week at No. 6, while everyone’s favourite gang of anti-hero supervillains hold on to their place in the top 10 as Suicide Squad drops three places to 7.

The life of the island animals caught up in Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe get their story told in new adaptation The Wild Life, which finishes this week at 8 with another $2.65m in its second week of release.

And it’s been another good week for Kubo and the Two Strings and Pete’s Dragon as the two films round out this week’s box office figures with $2.5m and $2m respectively to fly the flag for children’s films in the US.

The top ten in full is as follows:

1. (1) Sully – $22,000,000

2. (-) Blair Witch – $9,650,000

3. (-) Bridget Jones’ Baby – $8,240,715

4. (-) Snowden – $8,023,329

5. (3) Don’t Breathe – $5,600,000

6. (2) When the Bough Breaks – $5,525,000

7. (4) Suicide Squad – $4,710,000

8. (5) The Wild Life – $3,650,000

9. (6) Kubo and the Two Strings – $2,500,000

10. (7) Pete’s Dragon – $2,041,000

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Don’t Breathe has scared off competition from DC’s villainous Suicide Squad for a second week running to take the number one spot at the US box office yet again this week.

The horror movie took $15m over the course of a quiet Labor Day weekend, taking its total earnings up to $51m.

David Ayer’s Suicide Squad may have just missed out on the top spot, but taking another $10 million this week means that it’s continuing to prove those critics wrong, making a respectable total of $297m so far.

Disney’s Pete’s Dragon remake performs well in its fourth week, rising three places to 6, while Kubo and the Two Strings is down to 4 with $6.4m.

Just behind is Seth Rogen’s outrageous animated comedy Sausage Party, while Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander’s new romantic movie The Light Between Oceans is new in at 6, taking nearly $5m.

Mila Kunis’ comedy Bad Moms is up one to 8, and Jonah Hill’s War Dogs is still going all guns blazing at 8.

Finally, Hell or High Water and Jason Statham’s latest action movie Mechanic: Resurrection round out the top ten.

The top ten in full is as follows:

1. (1)  Don’t Breathe – $15,700,000

2. (2)  Suicide Squad – $10,005,000

3. (6)  Pete’s Dragon- $6,471,000

4. (3)  Kubo and the Two Strings – $6,467,000

5. (4)  Sausage Party – $5,300,000

6. (-)  The Light Between Oceans – $4,984,000

7. (8)  Bad Moms – $4,740,000

8. (7)  War Dogs – $4,705,000

9. (12)  Hell or High Water – $4,500,000

10. (5)  Mechanic: Resurrection – $4,276,000

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