Update: September 17, 2017
AMERICAN ASSASSIN Debuts at No. 2 with Solid $14.8 Million Opening Weekend
CBS Films and Lionsgate's
American Assassin placed No. 2 with a solid $14.8 million from 3,154 theaters, on par with Lionsgate's 2014 action pic
John Wick ($14.4 million). The movie cost a net $33 million to make.
Directed by Michael Cuesta,
American Assassin stars Dylan O'Brien as a CIA operative who teams with a veteran agent (Michael Keaton) to stop terrorists from starting a world war. The film, also featuring Sanaa Lathan, Shiva Negar and Taylor Kitsch, is based on late author Vince Flynn's novel of the same name and earned a B+ CinemaScore from audiences.
Heading into the weekend,
American Assassin held only a slight edge over
mother! according to tracking. But throughout the weekend,
mother! continued to slip. Getting slapped with an F CinemaScore on Friday didn't help matters (only a dozen or so movies have ever received the failing grade) for
mother!
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