Weekend B.O.: ‘Fifty Shades’ Plummets But Still Lands at No. 1

Box-office estimates are in for the weekend of February 20^th-22^nd, 2015.

#1- Fifty Shades of Grey:

While the porn BDSM movie took an expected drop from its gargantuan opening weekend, its $23.2M take was still enough for first place this weekend as well. Stateside, the pic has a current total of $130.1M but when overseas numbers are added in, Fifty Shades has already amassed more then $400M worldwide. So basically, if this movie just stops making money entirely, it’s already grossed enough to fund both sequels with a pretty penny left over for Universal. And by a pretty penny I mean like $100M dollars.

#2- Kingsman: The Secret Service:

With a somewhat steep drop as well, the British spy movie only grossed $17.5M this weekend for a $67.1M total. While a better hold would have boded well for the action flick, it’s still got its sights set on a total above $100M. Being a strong overseas contender as well, this still has all the necessary components for potential series.

#3- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water:

‘Who lives in pineapple under the sea?’ ‘SpongeBob SquarePants!’ ‘Who makes boatloads of money and is in the green?’ ‘SpongeBob SquarePants!’ That’s right, the SpongeBob sequel made another $15.5M this weekend for a $125.1M total. Ultimately, the sea sponge and co. could eventually rise to a $150M total, over $60M more than the first pic made.

#4- McFarland, USA:

Then, Kevin Costner’s kajillionth pic in the past few years debuted to $11.3M this weekend. About in the same range as his last three pics, the inspirational story is looking to end between $30-$40M. Though none of the films have stood out at the box-office, Costner is definitely re-carving a place for himself in Hollywood.

#5- The DUFF:

Right on ‘McFarland’s tale, the most recent entry into the high school comedy genre made $11M in its debut. Though this number isn’t entirely impressive either, the poignant comedy was made for a cheap $8.5M and will no doubt make back its budget and more with a stateside total above $30M. Like many a high school comedy before, home media and streaming could be where this film really breaks out.

#6- American Sniper: $9.6M weekend

$319.6M total

#7- Hot Tub Time Machine 2: $5.8M debut

#8- Jupiter Ascending: $3.6M weekend

$39.5M total

#9- The Imitation Game: $2.5M weekend

$83.9M total

#10- Paddington: $2.3M weekend

$67.6M total

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Michael D'Angelo

Michael is a booktuber (the Youtube community for books) who dreams of one day being an author. Until then he is stuck in New Jersey attending college and juggling a multitude of majors and minors in an attempt to figure out the future. He’s got a sometimes frightening to-be-read pile of books and is a full time fan of the CW; vampires, superheroes, and space people, oh my. If he’s not working or attending classes, he can be found listening to alternative music on the beach (curse Jersey weather.) You can contact him via email at michael@theyoungfolks.com - Twitter: @mikebooklion