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Sunday, February 22, 2015

YOUR WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: FANCY SHADES

Fifty Shades Stays on Top; Three Debuts in Top 10

Universal's Fifty Shades of Grey continues to make the stateside box office its plaything, holding down the top spot for another week.

1. Fifty Shades of Grey (Universal) $23m 3,655/$6,360 avg. (week 2)
2. Kingsman: The Secret Service (Fox) $17.5m 3,266/$5,366 avg. (week 2)
3. The SpongeBob: Sponge Out of Water (Paramount) $15.5m 3,680/$4,212 avg. (week 3)
4. McFarland, USA (Buena Vista) $11m 2,755/$4,107 avg. (debut)
5. The DUFF (Lionsgate) $11m 2,575/$4,282 avg. (debut)
6. American Sniper (Warner Bros.) $10m 3,235/$2,983 avg. (week 9)
7. Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (Paramount) $5.8m 2,880/$2,014 avg. (debut)
8. Jupiter Ascending (Warner Bros.) $3.7m 2,503/$1,462 avg. (week 3)
9. The Imitation Game (Weinstein) $2.6m 1,408/$1,822 avg. (week 13)
10. Paddington (Weinstein) $2.3m 1,837/$1,246 avg. (week 6)

Meanwhile, Sony Classics' darkly comic anthology flick from Argentina, Wild Tales, enjoys a memorable domestic debut, earning an average of $21k in just four theaters.

 
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