So much for a “stall,” as the Hollywood Reporter initially described it.
Instead, the new indie biopic Reagan doubled box-office expectations over a relatively quiet Labor Day weekend dominated by two tent-pole franchises. It rang up $10 million in sales over the long holiday and appeared to pick up steam in its final day of release.
According to Box Office Mojo, that was good enough for third place overall, and second place among per-screen averages at $3,631. That just edged out Alien: Romulus in its third week of release at $3580, and came close to the latter’s overall gross of $11.1 million. Deadpool & Wolverine still blew everyone out of the water in its sixth week of release, of course, bringoing its total domestic gross this summer to over $600 million. Reagan‘s per-screen average kept improving all weekend, too; on Sunday, BOM had at at $3340, good enough for a…
