Theatrical comedies are rare in Hollywood these days, and even with starry voice cast of Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx, Strays fared far worse than Jennifer Lawrence’s raunchy No Hard Feelings ($15 million) and Universal’s drug-fueled Cocaine Bear ($23 million).
It barely beat Bert Kreischer’s stand-up inspired “The Machine,” which crumbled with $5 million.
“Oppenheimer” took third place with $11 million in its fifth weekend of release, bringing ticket sales to $286 million.
The R-rated historical drama crossed $700 million at the global box office over the weekend, surpassing 2014’s “Interstellar” ($714 million) to stand as Nolan’s fourth-highest grossing movie.
It’s the fourth-biggest release of the year behind “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” ($1.35 billion), “Barbie” ($1.27 billion) and “Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3” ($845 million).
Paramount’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” landed at the No. 4 spot with $8.4 million from 3,477 venues. After three weekends on the big screen, the animated family comedy has grossed $88.1 million in America and $30 million internationally.
It cost $70 million and will end up as a modest box office performer.
