“American Sniper” Retains Top Spot at Box Office

Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures(NEW YORK) — For the second week in a row, American Sniper dominated the box office.

The film, starring Bradley Cooper, is about Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL and one of the deadliest snipers in U.S. military history. Kyle was killed at a Texas gun range in 2013, allegedly by a former Marine he was trying to help.

Jennifer Lopez’ The Boy Next Door finished the weekend in a distant second place, while Johnny Depp’s Mortdecai flopped, finishing ninth.

Here are the top ten films of the weekend according to boxofficemojo.com:

1. American Sniper: $64.365 million
2. The Boy Next Door: $15.001 million
3. Paddington: $12.391 million
4. The Wedding Ringer: $11.6 million
5. Taken 3: $7.6 million
6. The Imitation Game: $7.136 million
7. Strange Magic: $5.534 million
8. Selma: $5.5 million
9. Mortdecai: $4.125 million
10. Into the Woods: $3.886 million


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