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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

YOUR WEEKEND BOX OFFICE

Fifty Shades of Grey Dominates

With the lust-filled air of Valentine's Day among us, Universal's Fifty Shades of Grey spanked the box office and broke records, becoming the highest-grossing debut in Presidents Day-weekend history with $82m—and that's just through Sunday. It's also the fifth-largest gross for a Fri.-Sun. R-rated debut, and it marks the biggest opening weekend for a film directed by a woman...ever. The estimated four-day total is $94m and change.

1. Fifty Shades of Grey (Universal) $82m 3,646/$22,400 avg. (debut)
2. Kingsman: The Secret Service (Fox) $36m 3,204/$11,111 avg. (debut)
3. The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (Paramount) $31m 3,654/$8,358 avg. (week 2)
4. American Sniper (Warner Bros.) $16m 3,436/$4,783 avg. (week 8)
5. Jupiter Ascending (Warner Bros.) $9.4m 3,181/$2,964 avg. (week 2)
6. Seventh Son (Universal) $4.2m 2,874/$1,445 avg. (week 2)
7. Paddington (Weinstein) $4.2m 2,244/$1,849 avg. (week 5)
8. The Imitation Game (Weinstein) $3.5m 1,551/$2,273 avg. (week 12)
9. The Wedding Ringer (Sony/Columbia) $3.4m 1,456/$2,335 avg. (week 5)
10. Project Almanac (Paramount) $2.7m 1,732/$1,576 avg. (week 3)

 
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