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American Sniper has retained the US box office number one spot.



Bradley Cooper's war drama took $31,850,000 this weekend, taking it just short of the $250m mark and setting a new Super Bowl weekend record in the process.

Paddington is up one place to 2 with $8,505,000, while new entry Project Almanac is at 3 with $8,500,000.

Kevin Costner's Black Or White is new at 4 with $6,456,000, and Jennifer Lopez's The Boy Next Door rounds out the top five with $6,093,000.

Kevin Hart comedy The Wedding Ringer is at 6, Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game is at 7 and Liam Neeson's action sequel Taken 3 is at 8.

Animation Strange Magic and new entry The Loft round out the top ten.

The US weekend box office Top 10 for January 30-February 1 is as follows:
1. (1) American Sniper - $31,850,000
2. (3) Paddington - $21,000,000
3. (-) Project Almanac - $8,505,000
4. (-) Black Or White - $6,456,000
5. (2) The Boy Next Door - $6,093,000
6. (4) The Wedding Ringer - $5,700,000
7. (6) The Imitation Game - $5,173,000
8. (5) Taken 3 - $3,650,000
9. (7) Strange Magic - $3,441,000
10. (-) The Loft - $2,879,000