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Weak ‘Chappie’ Wins Takes Box Office

ChappieChappie came in No. 1 with a soft $13.3 million from 3,201 theaters, while Vince Vaughn‘s comedyUnfinished Business bombed with $4.8 million from 2,777 locations, the worst opening of the actor’s career for a major release, and certainly the worst for a comedy. Overall box office  revenue fell nearly 40 percent year-over-year.

The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, March 8, are as follows:

RANKTITLEDISTRIBUTOR NAMEWEEKEND REVENUECUME REVENUE
REVENUE# OF LOCATIONS*LOC AVG
1ChappieSony$13,300,0003,2014,154$13,300,000
2FocusWarner Bros.$10,020,0003,3233,015$34,573,496
3Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, TheFox Searchlight$8,600,0001,5735,467$8,600,000
4Kingsman: The Secret Service20th Century Fox$8,300,0003,1012,676$98,027,750
5Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of WatParamount$7,000,0003,0972,260$148,992,859
6Fifty Shades Of GreyUniversal$5,603,8802,7882,010$156,447,690
7McFarland, USADisney$5,318,0002,7921,904$29,426,431
8Lazarus Effect, TheRelativity Media$5,100,0002,6661,912$17,400,316
9DUFF, TheLionsgate$4,850,0002,5591,895$26,116,076
10Unfinished Business20th Century Fox$4,800,0002,7771,728$4,800,000
11American SniperWarner Bros.$4,510,0002,5451,772$337,208,980
12Still AliceSony Pictures Classics$1,650,8851,1971,379$14,724,495

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