NEW YORK (AP) - Propelled by a diverse cast led by Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt, Antoine Fuqua’s “The Magnificent Seven” topped North American theaters with $34.7 million in ticket sales in its debut weekend.
The appeal of “The Magnificent Seven,” made for about $90 million by MGM and distributed by Sony, rested partly in presenting an old-fashioned Western with a more modern cast. The film is a remake of the 1960 John Sturges Western, which itself was a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai.”
The animated Warner Bros. release “Storks,” about birds who have given up baby deliveries for consumer goods, opened in second place with $21.3 million, according to final studio figures Monday.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by comScore:
1. “The Magnificent Seven,” Sony, $34,703,397, 3,674 locations, $9,446 average, $34,703,397, 1 week.
2. “Storks,” Warner Bros., $21,311,407, 3,922 locations, $5,434 average, $21,311,407, 1 week.
3. “Sully,” Warner Bros., $13,537,270, 3,955 locations, $3,423 average, $92,100,717, 3 weeks.
4. “Bridget Jones’s Baby,” Universal, $4,656,690, 2,930 locations, $1,589 average, $16,594,365, 2 weeks.
5. “Snowden,” Open Road, $4,056,229, 2,443 locations, $1,660 average, $15,050,455, 2 weeks.
6. “Blair Witch,” Lionsgate, $4,053,785, 3,121 locations, $1,299 average, $16,232,480, 2 weeks.
7. “Don’t Breathe,” Sony, $3,773,226, 2,438 locations, $1,548 average, $81,084,034, 5 weeks.
8. “Suicide Squad,” Warner Bros., $3,108,351, 2,172 locations, $1,431 average, $318,131,694, 8 weeks.
9. “When the Bough Breaks,” Sony, $2,515,605, 1,444 locations, $1,742 average, $26,628,954, 3 weeks.
10. “Kubo and the Two Strings,” Focus Features, $1,124,384, 1,209 locations, $930 average, $45,975,957, 6 weeks.
11. “Hell or High Water,” Lionsgate, $1,069,226, 1,128 locations, $948 average, $24,809,653, 7 weeks.
12. “Bad Moms,” STX Entertainment, $997,055, 986 locations, $1,011 average, $111,669,607, 9 weeks.
13. “Pete’s Dragon,” Disney, $870,025, 1,230 locations, $707 average, $74,213,367, 7 weeks.
14. “No Manches Frida,” Lionsgate, $721,405, 416 locations, $1,734 average, $10,286,626, 4 weeks.
15. “The Secret Life Of Pets,” Universal, $692,430, 747 locations, $927 average, $364,331,130, 12 weeks.
16. “Sausage Party,” Sony, $562,680, 551 locations, $1,021 average, $96,384,272, 7 weeks.
17. “Jason Bourne,” Universal, $533,220, 623 locations, $856 average, $161,307,760, 9 weeks.
18. “Hillsong - Let Hope Rise,” Pure Flix, $414,824, 763 locations, $544 average, $2,097,944, 2 weeks.
19. “The Wild Life,” Lionsgate, $411,840, 1,431 locations, $288 average, $7,701,352, 3 weeks.
20. “The Beatles: Eight Days A Week,” Abramorama, $403,363, 151 locations, $2,671 average, $1,468,301, 2 weeks.
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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC
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