Three Movies Trying To Beat Suicide Squad This Weekend Are Off To A Very Slow Start — cinemablend.com

Laika's Kubo And The Two Strings is expected to have more longevity, mostly thanks to its 95% Rotten Tomatoes score while, even though Kubo is aimed more towards adults, animated films usually have more staying power than their live-fiction brethren. Like War Dogs and Ben-Hur, Kubo's Thursday night numbers weren't overly impressive, though, as it grossed just $515,000, meaning that it's likely to land somewhere between $13 million and $14 million. With a stagnated release across the globe over the next few months all the way up to December we can expect it to pull back its $60 million budget, while Laika films also have a habit of attaining Oscar nominations, too, which should reinvigorate interest, and could even lead to it being re-released in the new year, too.

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