Between Valentine's Day on Friday and President's Day on Monday, it was a good weekend at the box office for the long four day holiday weekend. On average the march of the 1980's remake got a so-so result, but everything was clicking and building for the Legos.
The LEGO Movie easily held on to first place, adding $50 million over the regular weekend and an estimated $13 million on Presdients day to its already impressive opening week total, the animated flick stands at $143 million, a very respectable total for a non-sequel animated movie. The movie also just edged out 2010's
Valentine's Day for the largest President's Day four-day weekend haul.
A tame PG-13 rating was a hopeful move by filmmakers to draw a bigger audience to this weekend's remake of
Robocop, but the results were marginal. The $100 million sci-fi cop flick only banked $28 million over the four day weekend, leaving it with jsut $30 million after nearly a week in theaters. Thanks to moderate international interest the movie isn't set to be a box office disaster, but there's not enough cash here to guarantee a healthy franchise reboot.
The remake of
About Last Night fared better, earning a $28 million second place spot through the holiday against its simple $12.5 million price tag. The third flash back to the 80's,
Endless Love took a modest fifth place with $15 million.
After receiving soul crushingly bad reviews from a vast majority of critics, Akiva Goldsman's
Winter's Tale got the cold shoulder from audiences as well. The $60 million fantasy drama only took in $8 million over the four day holiday. Up against its $60+ million budget, first time writer/director Goldsman (who has had his ups and downs as a producer) might have a hard time finding a backer next time he wants to get behind the camera again.
For the full four-day weekend holiday break down, check out the chart below:
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| 1. | The LEGO Movie  | $63,515,000 | Total: $143,818,000 | LW: 1
THTRS: 3,775 |
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| 2. | About Last Night (2014) * | $28,492,000 | Total: $28,492,000 | LW: N
THTRS: 2,253 |
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| 3. | RoboCop (2014) * | $25,600,000 | Total: $30,300,000 | LW: N
THTRS: 3,372 |
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| 4. | The Monuments Men | $18,000,000 | Total: $46,170,000 | LW: 2
THTRS: 3,083 |
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| 5. | Endless Love (2014) * | $15,059,000 | Total: $15,059,000 | LW: N
THTRS: 2,896 |
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| 6. | Ride Along | $10,030,000 | Total: $117,404,000 | LW: 3
THTRS: 2,517 |
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| 7. | Winter's Tale * | $8,100,000 | Total: $8,100,000 | LW: N
THTRS: 2,965 |
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| 8. | Frozen | $8,073,000 | Total: $378,264,000 | LW: 4
THTRS: 2,101 |
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| 9. | Lone Survivor | $4,700,000 | Total: $119,027,000 | LW: 5
THTRS: 2,013 |
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| 10. | That Awkward Moment | $3,868,000 | Total: $21,931,000 | LW: 6
THTRS: 1,922 |
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