Fifty Shades of Grey Dominates the Box Office

No real surprise here, a lovely Valentine Movie, the R-rated Fifty Shades of Grey was tops at the box office this weekend.

The movie’s three day total was estimated at  $81.7 million. Monday is also a holiday so we will add that in for a four day total expected to be $90.7 million.  Fifty Shades opened huge overseas as well, with an estimated $158 million, which sets a record for the biggest R-rated opening internationally.  Fifty Shades of Grey co-stars Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson.  Of course it is based on the book that sprang from Twilight Fan Fiction. Yeah that shocked me too!

Coming in second with a total that would have been good enough for first place any other weekend, Kingsman: The Secret Service.  The movie made $35.6 million for three days and an estimated $41 million for the four-day weekend.  The movie stars Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson,

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, last weekend's box office champ, moved to third place this weekend. It earned $30.5 million for three days, with $37.6 million expected for the four-day weekend and a total of $100.7 million.

American Sniper earned fourth as it passed the $300 million mark. Clint Eastwood's R-rated drama took $16.4 million for the three-day weekend with $304 million total.

According to Rentrak, American Sniper is now the third-highest-grossing film released in 2014, behind  The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 and Guardians of the Galaxy.

Rounding out the top five was Jupiter Ascending, which took $9.4 million, for $32.6 million total since opening last weekend.

Final four-day weekend numbers are expected Tuesday.

From USA Today