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BO report: Bridget Jones’s Baby knocks off The Secret Life of Pets

Bridget Jones's Baby.

Bridget Jones's Baby has bowed on top of the box office, with weekend takings of close to $3.7 million from 296 screens; a screen average of $12,338.

Jones's third screen outing now sits on $5.7 million, having already taken over $2 million from preview screenings.

The romantic comedy, directed by Sharon Macguire, narrowly pipped fellow Universal title The Secret Life of Pets, which brought in $3.5 million from its second weekend to total $11.8 million.

Now in its second week, Roadshow's Sully fell 19 per cent to take $2.1 million, boosting its cume to $6.4 million.

In a week of debuts, Disney's Pete's Dragon made $985,214 from 286 screens, while Roadshow's Blair Witch rung up $704,122 from 181. StudioCanal's The Beatles: Eight Days a Week was close behind, bowing on $699,865 from 169 screens.

After three weeks in release, Sony's Don't Breathe fell 45 per cent over to bring in $526,690, bringing its total to $3.6 million.

Behind it was Roadshow's Nerve, which took $465,383 in its third week; a fall of 39 per cent. The Emma Roberts and Dave Franco thiller now sits on $2.7 million.

Bad Moms fell 59 per cent in its sixth week; the Roadshow comedy now sits on a cume of $14.4 million. Behind it was WB's Suicide Squad, with overall takings of $33.4 million after seven weeks on screens.

Falling just shy of the top ten was Sony's Aussie title Spin Out. The B&S ball rom-com debuted with $257,321 from 186 screens; a screen average of $1,398.

Umbrella's Girl Asleep, on 27 screens and now in its second week, fell 53 per cent to take $21,757 over the weekend. Rosemary Myers' film now sits on $129,221 overall.

Transmission's Embrace, still on 20 screens after seven weeks, made $12,026 over the weekend, with total takings of $230,891.
 

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