Chappie 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:
RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
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REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
1 | Chappie | Sony | $13,300,000 | 3,201 | 4,154 | $13,300,000 |
2 | Focus | Warner Bros. | $10,020,000 | 3,323 | 3,015 | $34,573,496 |
3 | Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The | Fox Searchlight | $8,600,000 | 1,573 | 5,467 | $8,600,000 |
4 | Kingsman: The Secret Service | 20th Century Fox | $8,300,000 | 3,101 | 2,676 | $98,027,750 |
5 | Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Wat | Paramount | $7,000,000 | 3,097 | 2,260 | $148,992,859 |
6 | Fifty Shades Of Grey | Universal | $5,603,880 | 2,788 | 2,010 | $156,447,690 |
7 | McFarland, USA | Disney | $5,318,000 | 2,792 | 1,904 | $29,426,431 |
8 | Lazarus Effect, The | Relativity Media | $5,100,000 | 2,666 | 1,912 | $17,400,316 |
9 | DUFF, The | Lionsgate | $4,850,000 | 2,559 | 1,895 | $26,116,076 |
10 | Unfinished Business | 20th Century Fox | $4,800,000 | 2,777 | 1,728 | $4,800,000 |
11 | American Sniper | Warner Bros. | $4,510,000 | 2,545 | 1,772 | $337,208,980 |
12 | Still Alice | Sony Pictures Classics | $1,650,885 | 1,197 | 1,379 | $14,724,495 |