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BO Report: The Shallows, War Dogs debut strongly but Suicide Squad still tops

Blake Lively in The Shallows.

WB's Suicide Squad is still well and truly top dog in its third week of release, ringing up an additional $3.1 million over the weekend to bring its overall takings to $27.7 million.

The David Ayer-directed supervillain extravaganza dropped less here (47 percent) than in the States, where it nosedived in its second week off the back of a critical drubbing.

Coming in at number two at the local BO was Roadshow's Bad Moms, dropping a mere 25 percent to pull in $2.4 million, bringing its cume to $7.6 million. 

Also in its second week is Sony's adults-only toon Sausage Party, which dropped thirty percent to bring in $1.7 million over the weekend off 204 screens and has now made $5.2 million overall.

The best debut came from Jaume Collet-Serra's Queensland-shot The Shallows, starring Blake Lively as a surfer battling a hungry shark, which racked up $1.5 million off 214 screens, followed by War Dogs, starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller, which premiered on 230 screens for takings of close to $1.4 million.

Next was Uni's Jason Bourne. The latest installment in the Matt Damon franchise has made around $18.3 million in four weeks and is still on 269 screens.

Fox's Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie is still on 285 screens after three weeks for a cume of over $7 million, while Uni's acclaimed Laika animation Kubo and The Two Strings, voiced by Charlize Theron and Matthew McConaughey, debuted on 228 screens and nabbed $674,658 in receipts.

Para's Star Trek Beyond is sitting on $9.2 million after five weeks, while Sony's Ghostbusters reboot has taken $12.1 million after six.

Madman's Hunt for the Wilderpeople is still on 79 screens after 13 weeks, dropping only 25 percent over the weekend to bring its overall tally to $10.8 million. 

In 33rd spot is StudioCanal's Down Under, on 21 screens in its second week. Abe Forsythe's black comedy dropped 55 percent over the weekend, and is sitting on $82,906 overall.

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