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Coming in ahead of industry projections, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water soaked up an estimated $56 million in its North American debut, wresting the top spot from American Sniper and easily beating newcomers Jupiter Ascending and Seventh Son.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, February 8, are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Wat | Paramount | $56,000,000 | 3,641 | 15,380 | $56,000,000 |
| 2 | American Sniper | Warner Bros. | $24,165,000 | 3,885 | 6,220 | $282,265,239 |
| 3 | Jupiter Ascending | Warner Bros. | $19,000,000 | 3,181 | 5,972 | $19,000,000 |
| 4 | Seventh Son | Universal | $7,101,250 | 2,875 | 2,470 | $7,101,250 |
| 5 | Paddington | The Weinstein Company | $5,365,000 | 2,888 | 1,857 | $57,268,475 |
| 6 | Project Almanac | Paramount | $5,330,000 | 2,900 | 1,837 | $15,758,640 |
| 7 | Imitation Game, The | The Weinstein Company | $4,881,000 | 1,963 | 2,486 | $74,739,787 |
| 8 | Wedding Ringer, The | Sony | $4,800,000 | 2,138 | 2,245 | $55,077,688 |
| 9 | Black Or White | Relativity Media | $4,520,000 | 1,823 | 2,479 | $13,122,684 |
| 10 | Boy Next Door, The | Universal | $4,100,910 | 2,193 | 1,870 | $30,850,465 |
| 11 | Taken 3 | 20th Century Fox | $2,350,000 | 1,507 | 1,559 | $85,078,059 |
| 12 | Selma | Paramount | $1,720,000 | 941 | 1,827 | $46,451,984 |
