‘The Magnificent Seven’ Tops Weekend Box Office With $35 Million

The Western, featuring an all-star cast led by Chris Pratt and Denzel Washington, has a 64 percent Rotten Tomatoes score and also an A- CinemaScore (from audiences surveyed on opening night).

Following the division’s debut 2014 hit “The Lego Movie,” Warner Animation Group’s sophomore outing “Storks” grossed an estimated $21.8 million this weekend after industry tracking was adjusted lower than the mid-to-high 30s predicted earlier in the week.

Featuring Andy Samberg, Kelsey Grammer, Jennifer Aniston, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele in the voice cast, the movie chronicles the challenges of one final baby delivery mistakenly assigned to the storks after they have moved into durable goods deliveries.

WAG’s goal is to put out a movie per year, as its future slate includes: “The Lego Batman Movie,” due in theaters on Feb. 10; “The Lego Ninjago Movie,” coming out Sept. 22 of next year; “Smallfoot,” set for a Feb. 9, 2018 release; and “The Lego Movie Sequel,” in theaters Feb. 8, 2019, with several more to follow.

Andy Samberg Delivers Laughs and Babies in Charming Animated Adventure

[...] Warner Bros.’ true-life tale “Sully” continued to fly high as the Tom Hanks disaster film cleared an estimated $13.8 million for third place in its third weekend, brining its domestic total to $92.4 million.

Off a string of hits with “The Shallows,” “Don’t Breathe” and “Sausage Party,” the opening numbers for “The Magnificent Seven” came as good news to Sony.

“Audiences will be coming back in theaters for a long time,” said Rory Bruer, president of worldwide distribution at Sony, citing the film’s high CinemaScore.

WAG’s animated feature inspired more than 11,000 social media mentions in the past week, with an overall total of nearly 65,000.

Representing more than 170,000 new conversations, the top movie this past week, however, is “Fifty Shades Darker” — due to the recent release of a new trailer and poster.