YOUR WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Warner Bros.' American Sniper breaks box office records, earning $32 million domestically over the Super Bowl weekend, a historically dead two days for moviegoing. The record was previously held by Miley Cyrus' Hannah Montana concert movie. Sniper has now grossed just south of $250m.
1. American Sniper (Warner Bros.) $32m 3,885/$8,198 avg. (Week 6)
2. Paddington (Weinstein) $8.5m 3,303/$2,575 avg. (Week 3)
3. Project Almanac (Paramount) $8.5m 2,893/$2,938 avg. (Debut)
4. Black or White (Relativity) $6.5m 1,823/$3,541 avg. (Debut)
5. The Boy Next Door (Universal) $6.1m 2,615/$2,330 avg. (Week 2)
6. The Wedding Ringer (Sony/Columbia) $5.7m 2,820/$2,021 avg. (Week 3)
7. The Imitation Game (Weinstein) $5.2m 2,402/$2,154 avg. (Week 10)
8. Taken 3 (Fox) $3.7m 2,533/$1,441 avg. (Week 4)
9. Strange Magic (Buena Vista) $3.4m 3,020/$1,139 avg. (Week 2)
10. The Loft (Open Road Films) $2.9m 1,841/$1,564 avg. (Debut)
FYI, Game of Thrones: The IMAX Experience (Warner Bros.) screens Season 4's Episode 9 and 10 (the finale) in theaters for fans who are eagerly awaiting the Season 5 TV premiere in April. It debuted in the Top 15 at the box office with an average of $7,322 across 205 screens.
