American Sniper Dominates Box Office for Third Straight Weekend

Posted on February 1, 2015

American Sniper dominated the box office for the third straight weekend. The film made $31.8 million setting a box office record for Super Bowl weekend. It has now made nearly $250 million on its $58.8 million budget.

American Sniper was followed by Paddington. Paddington made $8.5 million during its third weekend in theaters to bring its total domestic gross to $50 million. There was not much interest from moviegoers in this weekend's opening films. Project Almanac made $8.5 million and had a low per-theater average of $2,938. Black or White had a slightly better per theater average and made $6.4 million.

Black or White was followed by The Boy Next Door which made $6 million during its second weekend in theaters. Black or White was followed by The Wedding Ringer, The Imitation Game, Taken 3 and Strange Magic. The Loft opened in tenth place and fared worse than Project Almanac and Black or White. The Loft made just $2.9 million in 1,841 theaters for a weak per theater average of $1,564.

You can see the box office chart for the weekend here. Films opening this coming weekend include Jupiter Ascending, Seventh Son and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. They should pose a bigger threat to American Sniper's streak than this weekend's opening films.

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