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Launching a new franchise for Summit and parent company Lionsgate, the dystopian sci-fi film “Divergent” scored $56 million at the North American box office, benefitting from good word of mouth among moviegoers, who gave it an A CinemaScore despite mostly withering reviews.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of SUnday, March 23, are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Divergent | Lionsgate | $56,000,000 | 3,936 | 14,227 | $56,000,000 |
| 2 | Muppets Most Wanted | Disney | $16,514,000 | 3,194 | 5,170 | $16,514,000 |
| 3 | Mr. Peabody And Sherman | 20th Century Fox | $11,700,000 | 3,607 | 3,243 | $81,002,384 |
| 4 | 300: Rise Of An Empire | Warner Bros. | $8,665,000 | 3,085 | 2,808 | $93,753,119 |
| 5 | God’s Not Dead | Freestyle Releasing | $8,563,512 | 780 | 10,978 | $8,563,512 |
| 6 | Need For Speed | Disney | $7,781,000 | 3,115 | 2,497 | $30,404,000 |
| 7 | Grand Budapest Hotel, The | Fox Searchlight | $7,000,000 | 304 | 23,026 | $13,210,519 |
| 8 | Non-Stop | Universal | $6,346,475 | 2,945 | 2,155 | $78,621,205 |
| 9 | Lego Movie, The | Warner Bros. | $4,115,000 | 2,501 | 1,645 | $243,351,674 |
| 10 | Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club | Lionsgate | $3,100,000 | 1,896 | 1,635 | $12,910,024 |
| 11 | Son Of God | 20th Century Fox | $2,650,000 | 2,139 | 1,238 | $55,599,648 |
| 12 | Monuments Men | Sony | $975,000 | 938 | 1,039 | $75,708,726 |
