Weekend Box Office: 'Sausage Party' Feasts on $33.6M; 'Pete's Dragon' Flounders

Suicide Squad' falls steeply in its sophomore outing even as it approaches $500 million worldwide; 'Florence Foster Jenkins,' starring Meryl Streep, opens on par with last year's 'Ricki and the Flash.'

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Box Office: 'Sausage Party' Beats 'Suicide Squad' Friday; 'Pete's Dragon' Stumbles

However, projections show 'Suicide Squad' pulling ahead on Saturday and winning the weekend despite a steep week-over-week drop; 'Florence Foster Jenkins,' starring Meryl Streep, is doing quiet business in its debut.

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Box Office: 'Sausage Party' Cooks Up $3.3 Million Thursday

Meryl Streep-starrer 'Florence Foster Jenkins' earned $190K Thursday night; Disney's 'Pete's Dragon' also opens wide this weekend.

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Rio Olympics: 'Rogue One,' 'Pete's Dragon' Lead Movie Advertising Blitz

The first trailer for December's 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' debuted exclusively on Thursday night's broadcast of the Summer Olympics, while a new trailer for Tom Hanks' 'Inferno' and a teaser Amy Adams' 'Arrival' premiered during the games earlier this week.

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China Box Office Slumps 18 Percent in July

The dramatic reversal of fortune in the world's second-largest film market has accelerated in the peak moviegoing months of summer.

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Box-Office Preview: 'Sausage Party,' 'Pete's Dragon' to Chase 'Suicide Squad'

'Sausage Party' from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg has a strong shot at overperforming, while everyone will be watching to see how 'Suicide Squad' falls in its second weekend; Meryl Streep-starrer 'Florence Foster Jenkins,' going after adults, also opens Friday.

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'Ghostbusters' Heading for $70M-Plus Loss, Sequel Unlikely

Confronted by tepid box office for the reboot, the studio will instead focus on animated spinoffs.

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