![]() ![]() Yet "Sausage" outdistanced even the most optimistic projections to debut with an estimated $33.6 million. It landed in second place, behind the plummeting " Suicide Squad" (which fell 67 percent from last week's record-smashing premiere to an estimated $43.8 million). "Pete's Dragon," Disney's remake of its 1977 hybrid live-action/animated musical, was expected to open in second place with as much as $35 million. (It's playing on 3,702 screens, 599 more than "Sausage.") Instead, it was third, with a meager $21.5 million. Clearly, family audiences failed to show up, but grown-ups old enough to remember the original didn't come either. ![]() How did "Sausage" get such overstuffed sales, while "Dragon" failed to catch fire? Here are eight possible lessons from this weekend's results about how to draw older audiences, and how not to.ġ. There Haven't Been Enough R-rated Comedies Lately Dallas sausage fest how to# Yeah, " Bad Moms" opened just three weeks ago, and it's still doing well (it came in fifth this weekend, with an estimated $11.5 million). Otherwise, we haven't seen one since Rogen's flop " Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising" three months ago. In fact, there's been only a handful of wide-release R-rated movies all year. Apparently, there's room in the marketplace for more than one adult comedy at a time, especially since "Bad Moms" has more obvious appeal to women, while "Sausage Party" - um, look at the title. Seth Rogen Does Well When He Calls In His Pals Where else were the disappointed fanboys going to go this weekend? Not to "Pete's Dragon" or "Florence Foster Jenkins," that's for sure.ģ.
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