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Focus won the North American box office race with $19.1 million, marking one of the lowest openings of actor Will Smith’s career. The Warner Bros. movie did topple Fifty Shades of Grey, which had placed No. 1 for two consecutive weekends. Kingsman: The Secret Service pulled ahead of Fifty Shades for the first time.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, March 1, are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Focus | Warner Bros. | $19,100,000 | 3,323 | 5,747 | $19,100,000 |
| 2 | Kingsman: The Secret Service | 20th Century Fox | $11,750,000 | 3,282 | 3,580 | $85,695,747 |
| 3 | Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Wat | Paramount | $11,200,000 | 3,467 | 3,230 | $140,322,050 |
| 4 | Fifty Shades Of Grey | Universal | $10,927,090 | 3,383 | 3,230 | $147,763,680 |
| 5 | Lazarus Effect, The | Relativity Media | $10,600,000 | 2,666 | 3,975 | $10,600,000 |
| 6 | McFarland, USA | Disney | $7,797,000 | 2,765 | 2,819 | $21,980,981 |
| 7 | American Sniper | Warner Bros. | $7,700,000 | 2,914 | 2,642 | $331,108,448 |
| 8 | DUFF, The | Lionsgate | $7,150,000 | 2,622 | 2,726 | $20,052,975 |
| 9 | Still Alice | Sony Pictures Classics | $2,694,757 | 1,318 | 2,044 | $11,983,799 |
| 10 | Hot Tub Time Machine 2 | Paramount | $2,400,000 | 2,901 | 827 | $10,267,533 |
| 11 | Jupiter Ascending | Warner Bros. | $2,100,000 | 1,545 | 1,359 | $43,111,063 |
| 12 | Birdman | Fox Searchlight | $1,975,000 | 1,213 | 1,628 | $40,279,164 |
