The domestic box office saw three debuts in the Top 10 this weekend with Sony/Columbia's, Chappie, a Hugh Jackman-led, sci-fi flick from the director of District 9, on top. Meanwhile, Fox Searchlight's The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel rounds out the Top 3 and Fox's Unfinished Business brings up the rear at #10.
1. Chappie (Sony/Columbia) $13m 3,201/$4,155 avg. (debut)
2. Focus (Warner Bros.) $10m 3,323/$3,015 avg. (week 2)
3. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Fox Searchlight) $8.6m 1,573/$5,467 avg. (debut)
4. Kingsman: The Secret Service (Fox) $8.3m 3,101/$2,677 avg. (week 4)
5. The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (Paramount) $7m 3,097/$2,260 avg. (week 5)
6. Fifty Shades of Grey (Universal) $5.6m 2,788/$2,010 avg. (week 4)
7. McFarland, USA (Buena Vista) $5.3m 2,792/$1,905 avg. (week 3)
8. The Lazarus Effect (Relativity) $5.1m 2,666/$1,913 avg. (week 2)
9. The DUFF (Lionsgate) $4.9m 2,559/$1,895 avg. (week 3)
10. Unfinished Business (Fox) $4.8m 2,777/$1,728 avg. (debut)
Meanwhile, Warner Bros.' Jupiter Ascending topped the international box office charts due to a massive opening in China, earning more than it's U.S. debut with $23.2m.
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