'The Hitman's Bodyguard' tops worst Labor Day weekend box office in years
It was the worst Labor Day weekend at the box office since 2001.
— -- "The Hitman's Bodyguard" topped the weekend box office for the third week in a row in what was the slowest Labor Day weekend for Hollywood studios in nearly two decades.
The action film earned an estimated $10.25 million over three days.
"Annabelle: Creation" took second place, hauling in an estimated $7.3 million.
Bowing in at third place was "Wind River," bringing in an estimated $5.86 million from Friday through Sunday. The animated feature "Leap!" took fourth place with an estimated $4.9 million.
Rounding out the top five was "Logan Lucky," raking in an estimated $4.4 million over the three-day weekend.
Elsewhere, the re-release of Steven Spielberg's 1977 sci-fi thriller, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," brought in $1.8 million. The weekend's other new releases, "Tulip Fever" and "Hazlo Como Hombre" both had disappointing debuts, earning an estimated $1.2 million and $1.1 million, respectively.
Here are the top 10 movies from Friday through Sunday, with estimated weekend gross ticket sales:
- 1. "The Hitman’s Bodyguard," $10.25 million
- 2. "Annabelle: Creation," $7.3 million
- 3. "Wind River," $5.86 million
- 4. "Leap!," $4.9 million
- 5. "Logan Lucky," $4.4 million
- 6. "Dunkirk," $4.1 million
- 7. "Spider-Man: Homecoming," $3.65 million
- 8. "Despicable Me 3," $2.45 million
- 9. "The Emoji Movie," $2.4 million
- 10. "Girls Trip," $2.3 million
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