To See Or Not To See – September 9th: Sully, The Wild Life, When the Bough Breaks, The Disappointments Room, Kicks & Dancer

The first official week of fall is upon us and the weekend cinema will now be competing with both college and professional football. A different type of airplane disaster film featuring Tom Hanks tackles the box office 2 days before 9/11 and is joined by kid’s fare, a drama targeting the African American audience, more low budget horror, an art house inner city flick and a documentary. It’s crowded, so let’s get right to what to see and not see for the week of September 9th:

Sully
Theater Count: 3,525
Starring: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney

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MHT Hot Take:

See it! An inspirational tale of modern day heroics starring everyman Tom Hanks. This’ll get an A CinemaScore for sure.

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The Wild Life
Theater Count: 2,493
Starring: No One You’ve Ever Heard Of

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MHT Hot Take:

Skip it! If you have to see an animated film in September, wait for Storks to arrive.

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When the Bough Breaks
Theater Count: 2,246
Starring: Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Jaz Sinclair

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MHT Hot Take:

See it (if you saw The Perfect Guy last year and enjoyed that)! Opening weekend crowds have lined up for movies like When the Bough Breaks in the past. They might do it again.

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The Disappointments Room
Theater Count: 1,554
Starring: Kate Beckinsale

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MHT Hot Take:

Skip it! Call it low budget horror fatigue.

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Kicks
Theater Count: 3
Starring: Christopher Jordan Wallace

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MHT Hot Take:

See it! We’re rooting for an expansion in the coming weeks but expecting to be disappointed when it doesn’t.

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Dancer
Theater Count: 1

See the Trailer:

MHT Hot Take:

Skip it! This documentary looks perfect for streaming down the road.

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Box Office Recap (September 2nd)

1. Don’t Breathe ($19,707,927)
2. Suicide Squad ($12,687,021)
3. Kubo and the Two Strings ($8,764,182)
4. Pete’s Dragon ($8,499,464)
5. Sausage Party ($6,458,225)
6. The Light Between Oceans ($6,179,208)
7. War Dogs ($6,100,292)
8. Hell Or High Water ($5,864,587)
9. Bad Moms ($5,800,361)
10. Mechanic: Resurrection ($5,682,506)

Don’t Breathe repeated at the top largely uncontested as only The Light Between Oceans débuted in the top 10 as Morgan was a box office disaster.

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Box Office Predictions for September 9th Weekend

1. Sully ($29,000,000)
2. When the Bough Breaks ($18,500,000)
3. Don’t Breathe ($8,800,000)
4. The Wild Life ($5,300,000)
5. Suicide Squad ($5,100,000)
6. Kubo and the Two Strings ($3,900,000)
7. Pete’s Dragon ($3,900,000)
8. Hell Or High Water ($3,500,000)
9. Bad Moms ($3,200,000)
10. The Light Between Oceans ($2,700,000)

Sausage Party ($2,600,000), War Dogs ($2,500,000), No Manches Frida ($2,300,000), Jason Bourne ($2,200,000), The Disappointments Room ($1,900,000)

Sully should land at #1 at the box office as When the Bough Breaks will début well but fall at #2.