A big-budget remake of 'Ben-Hur' was trampled under a herd of holdovers and new releases at the box office, the latest casualty in a bruising summer for Hollywood.
The colorful crew of "Suicide Squad" got duller in their second weekend in theaters, with audiences hungry for the raunchy fare of animated "Sausage Party."
The supervillain romp "Suicide Squad" shrugged off scathing reviews to open with an estimated $135.1 million in North American ticket sales, scoring one of the year's biggest box-office debuts.