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CORE STORY: Sully scores 5th-biggest September opening ever

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Image: Warner Bros.

Image: Warner Bros.

Chris Luckett

Despite having starred in such masterpieces as Cloud Atlas and Captain Phillips in recent years, it’s been seven years since a live-action Tom Hanks movie opened #1 at the box office.

Sully, the Clint Eastwood-directed biography of Capt. Chelsey “Sully” Sullenberger, played on screen by Hanks, not only reclaimed that throne but also nearly broke September box office records.

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CORE STORY: Every new release ignored over Labour Day weekend

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Photo: Screen Gems

Photo: Screen Gems

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Only two movies opened in wide release on Friday — sci-fi thriller Morgan and tearjerker The Light Between Oceans — but neither was able to even crack the top 5 at the box office over the long weekend.

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