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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 …

American Sniper has scored another record: the biggest Super Bowl weekend gross of all time. Its estimated weekend total of $31.85 million narrowly beats out the previous record of $31.1 million held by 2008’s Hanna Montana/Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour. The top 12 films of the weekend, as …

Following its record-breaking first weekend in wide release, “American Sniper” has continued to fill conventional and IMAX theatres nationwide. “American Sniper” took in an estimated $64.4 million this past weekend, representing the smallest percentage drop ever for a film that opened at more than $85 million, including both three- and four-day …

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 …

“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), has crossed the $800 million mark at the worldwide box office in its fifth week in global release, now standing at more than $803 million and still climbing. The announcement was made …

Closing out the franchise in style, LiamNeeson‘s Taken 3 earned $40.4 million from 3,594 theaters in its North American debut, topping the box office and scoring the second-best January opening of all time, not accounting for inflation. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, January 11, are as follows: RANK …

Led by Peter Jackson‘s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, a strong slate of Christmas holdovers and new entry The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death drove revenue up more than 8 percent as the prosperous holiday season came to a close. The spike in moviegoing is welcome news for Hollywood after …

Leading the holiday box office was Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Angelina Jolie’s World War II drama Unbroken and Rob Marshall’s musical Into the Woods. In its second weekend, The Hobbit once again placed No. 1, grossing $54.5 million for the four-day weekend, including $41.4 million for the three days. The New Line and MGM …

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies opened to a massive $90.6 million in North America, while Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb and Annie both suffered soft starts as the crucial year-end holidays got underway. Five Armies soared in its five-day domestic debut after earning an …

Exodus: Gods and Kings easily topped the U.S. box office this weekend with a $24.5 million debut, dethroning The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1, which had held No. 1 for the past three weeks. While the biblical epic, starring Christian Bale, earned exactly what box office insiders had expected for the weekend, it’s not the …