US adult audiences turned out in droves this weekend to see Sully, director Clint Eastwood’s dramatization of the so-called “Miracle on the Hudson”.
The Warner Bros film cost a reported $60m to produce and is the first to be shot entirely with Imax cameras: the 375 Imax US screens accounted for about $4m of the total this weekend.
Rory Bruer, Sony’s president of worldwide distribution, echoed that sentiment, stressing: “The Perfect Guy’s box office was way beyond anyone’s expectations.”
Taking second place with $15m was the thriller When the Bough Breaks starring Morris Chestnut and Regina Hill.