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发帖数: 29846 | 1 January 25, 2015 - 2:06 PM
'American Sniper' holds top spot at weekend box office
By DERRIK J. LANG, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "American Sniper" hit the mark with moviegoers again.
The military drama starring Bradley Cooper as Navy SEAL marksman Chris Kyle
topped the box office for a second weekend in a row with $64.4 million in
first place, according to studio estimates Sunday.
"American Sniper" is up for six Academy Awards, including best picture and
best actor for Cooper. The total haul for the Warner Bros. film now stands
at $200.1 million.
"We've never quite seen anything like this at this time of year," said Paul
Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at box-office tracker Rentrak. "'
American Sniper' is helping to propel the box office, which is already 9.3
percent ahead of the same time last year."
The film, directed by Clint Eastwood, already broke box-office records when
it expanded to wide release last weekend, easily surpassing "Avatar" to
become the biggest January opening for a movie and immediately becoming the
top grosser among best-picture Oscar nominees.
In a distant second place, the saucy Universal thriller "The Boy Next Door"
featuring Jennifer Lopez as a teacher who engages in an affair with a
younger man played by Ryan Guzman, debuted with $15 million.
The weekend's other major new releases weren't even in the neighborhood of "
The Boy Next Door."
The animated fantasy "Strange Magic" from Luscasfilm and Disney flopped in
seventh place with $5.5 million.
Lionsgate's Johnny Depp dud "Mortdecai" tanked in ninth place with $4.1
million. The eccentric heist comedy, which also stars Gwyneth Paltrow, marks
another box-office bomb for Depp, following the leading man's disappointing
"Transcendence," ''The Lone Ranger," ''Dark Shadows" and "The Rum Diary."
"I think he chooses projects that appeal to him," Dergarabedian said. "I've
always appreciated Johnny Depp for marching to the beat of his own drum, but
he still needs to get audiences in the door. Sometimes, if you go too far
afield, that's reflected in the numbers."
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Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian
theaters, according to Rentrak. Where available, the latest international
numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "American Sniper," $64.4 million.
2. "The Boy Next Door," $15 million.
3. "Paddington," $12.4 million.
4. "The Wedding Ringer," $11.6 million.
5. "Taken 3," $7.6 million.
6. "The Imitation Game," $7.1 million.
7. "Strange Magic" $5.5 million.
8. "Selma," $5.5 million.
9. "Mortdecai," $4.1 million.
10. "Into the Woods," $3.9 million.
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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.;
Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of
Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are
owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC;
20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner
Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of
former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl
Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by
AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC. |
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