{"id":51219,"date":"2016-08-14T12:30:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T19:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=51219"},"modified":"2016-08-14T15:06:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T22:06:28","slug":"box-office-r-rated-animated-film-beats-disney-family-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/08\/box-office-r-rated-animated-film-beats-disney-family-film.html","title":{"rendered":"Box office: R-rated animated film beats Disney family film"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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An R-rated animated movie beat a Disney family film at the box office this week.<\/p>\n

Sausage Party<\/b><\/i> \u2014 a raunchy and violent cartoon about wieners, buns, bagels, tacos and other grocery-store items that learn to throw off the shackles of religion (they think the humans who buy them are \u201cgods\u201d) so that they can explore their sexuality \u2014 earned an estimated $33.6 million between Thursday and Sunday nights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s easily the best opening ever for an R-rated animated film. Prior to this, the record probably belonged to South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut<\/i>, which opened to $11.3 million in 1999 \u2014 and that film, of course, was based on a hit TV show.<\/p>\n

If the estimate holds, Sausage Party<\/i> will also mark the second-best opening of any film with Seth Rogen<\/a> in a lead role, behind the original Neighbors<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Sausage Party<\/i> also had the fourth-best opening for an R-rated film<\/a> this year \u2014 behind Deadpool<\/i>, The Conjuring 2<\/i> and The Revenant<\/i> \u2014 as well as the best opening of any animated release in August, beating Disney\u2019s Planes<\/i> (2013, $22.2 million).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Disney\u2019s remake of Pete\u2019s Dragon<\/b><\/i>, about an orphan who hangs out with a magical creature in a forest, landed in third place with $21.5 million.<\/p>\n

And Florence Foster Jenkins<\/b><\/i>, which stars Meryl Streep as a wealthy woman who can\u2019t sing but gets an audience anyway, landed in eighth place with $6.6 million while playing on less than half the screens that the other two films were playing on.<\/p>\n

Notably, all three of this week\u2019s new wide releases were produced fairly inexpensively \u2014 so they are arguably in better financial shape than many of the year\u2019s so-called blockbusters, which earned more money but had many more bills to pay.<\/p>\n

Sausage Party<\/i> and Florence Foster Jenkins<\/i> both cost under $30 million, while Pete\u2019s Dragon<\/i> had a price tag of $65 million. Sausage Party<\/i> has a particularly low budget for an animated film of its calibre; Pixar films typically cost $200 million to make, and films like The Secret Life of Pets<\/i> still have budgets in the $75 million range.<\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s box-office champ Suicide Squad<\/b><\/i> was #1 again this week, but it grossed only $43.8 million \u2014 a drop of 67.3% from its record-setting opening<\/a> last week. That\u2019s similar to the steep second-week drops that X-Men: Apocalypse<\/i> and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice<\/i> had earlier this year (65.3% and 69.1% respectively).<\/p>\n

Suicide Squad<\/i>, budgeted at $175 million, has earned $222.9 million in North America so far and another $242.5 million overseas, for a global total of $465.4 million.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in other box-office news\u2026<\/p>\n

Jason Bourne<\/b><\/i> earned $13.6 million and ranked fourth in its third week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $126.8 million. The film has earned another $119.4 million overseas for a global total of $246.2 million.<\/p>\n

Bad Moms<\/b><\/i> earned $11.5 million and ranked fifth in its third week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $71.5 million. The film has earned another $13.6 million overseas for a global total of $85.1 million.<\/p>\n

The Secret Life of Pets<\/b><\/i> earned $8.8 million and ranked sixth in its sixth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $335.9 million. The film has earned another $256.7 million overseas for a global total of $592.6 million.<\/p>\n

Star Trek Beyond<\/b><\/i> earned $6.8 million and ranked seventh in its fourth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $139.7 million. The film has earned another $71.6 million overseas for a global total of $211.3 million.<\/p>\n

Nine Lives<\/b><\/i> earned $3.5 million and ranked ninth in its second week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $13.6 million. The film has earned another $796,919 overseas for a global total of $14.4 million.<\/p>\n

And Lights Out<\/b><\/i> earned $3.2 million and ranked tenth in its fourth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $61.1 million. The film has earned another $36.9 million overseas for a global total of $98 million.<\/p>\n

Now for a bit of extra data on the year\u2019s top-grossing animated films<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In North America, The Secret Life of Pets<\/i> now ranks 11th among animated films:<\/p>\n