Clint Eastwood‘s record-breaking American Sniper continues to astound at the North American box office, where it earned an estimated $90.2 million for the three-day weekend for a projected $105.2 million debut over the long Martin Luther King Jr. weekend — double what it was expected to do and smashing numerous records.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, January 18, are as follows:
RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
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REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
1 | American Sniper | Warner Bros. | $90,205,000 | 3,555 | 25,374 | $93,629,778 |
2 | Wedding Ringer, The | Sony | $21,000,000 | 3,003 | 6,993 | $21,000,000 |
3 | Paddington | The Weinstein Company | $19,287,000 | 3,303 | 5,839 | $19,287,000 |
4 | Taken 3 | 20th Century Fox | $14,050,000 | 3,594 | 3,909 | $62,836,917 |
5 | Selma | Paramount | $8,300,000 | 2,235 | 3,713 | $25,964,030 |
6 | Imitation Game, The | The Weinstein Company | $7,192,000 | 1,611 | 4,464 | $50,798,308 |
7 | Into The Woods | Disney | $6,542,000 | 2,758 | 2,372 | $114,295,669 |
8 | Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies | Warner Bros. | $4,860,000 | 2,220 | 2,189 | $244,537,115 |
9 | Unbroken | Universal | $4,267,280 | 2,602 | 1,640 | $108,609,910 |
10 | Blackhat | Universal | $4,032,190 | 2,567 | 1,570 | $4,032,190 |
11 | Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb | 20th Century Fox | $3,825,000 | 2,437 | 1,569 | $104,773,106 |
12 | Annie | Sony | $1,900,000 | 1,585 | 1,198 | $82,080,012 |