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American Sniper Sets January Box Office Record

Box Office Results for the Third Weekend of January 2015

January 19, 2015 by

2015 is off to a great start for movies with Clint Eastwood and Bradly Cooper’s R-rated war drama already setting records. The story of the most lethal sniper in U.S. history had a limited release at the end of 2014 and positive word of mouth in addition to various award nominations helped it blow away early forecasts and pull in an estimated $89.5 million over the weekend.

American Sniper‘s success at the box office comes as a total shock considering its opening ranks among other recent superhero films without the need for a PG-13 rating or the extra ticket prices of 3D. To put it into perspective, Sniper‘s opening was double that of the previous January opening weekend record held by 2014’s Ride Along ($41.5 million).

Speaking of the previous January record-holder, Kevin Hart’s latest movie, The Wedding Ringer, opened in second place over the weekend with a solid $20 million. While the animated children’s bear movie, Paddington, trailed closely behind opening at $19 million.

Here are the numbers for the top five of the domestic box office over the weekend via BOM:

  1. American Sniperโ€” Weekend Gross: $89.5 million โ€” Total Gross: $92.9 million (new)
  2. The Wedding Ringer โ€” Weekend Gross: $20.6 million โ€” Total Gross: $20.6 million (new)
  3. Paddingtonโ€” Weekend Gross: $18.9 million โ€” Total Gross: $18.9 million (new)
  4. Taken 3 โ€” Weekend Gross: $14.6 million โ€” Total Gross: $63.4 million (#1 last week)
  5. Selma โ€” Weekend Gross: $8.8 million โ€” Total Gross: $26.5 million (#2 last week)