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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

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

Bradley Cooper’s war drama took $64,365,000 in its second full weekend on general release, taking the film’s total gross past the $200m mark.

New entry The Boy Next Door, which stars Jennifer Lopez, is at two having taken $15,001,000, while Paddington is at three with $12,391,000.

The Wedding Ringer is at four with $11,600,000 while Taken 3 rounds out the top five with $7,600,000.

Benedict Cumberbatch’s The Imitation Game is at six, new entry Strange Magic is at seven and historical drama Selma is at eight.

Johnny Depp’s Mortdecai is at nine with $4,125,000, while Into The Woods is at ten with $3,886,000.

The US weekend box office Top 10 for January 23-25 is as follows:
1. (1) American Sniper – $64,365,000
2. (-) The Boy Next Door – $21,000,000
3. (3) Paddington – $12,391,000
4. (2) The Wedding Ringer – $11,600,000
5. (4) Taken 3 – $7,600,000
6. (6) The Imitation Game – $7,136,000
7. (-) Strange Magic – $5,534,000
8. (5) Selma – $5,500,000
9. (-) Mortdecai – $4,125,000
10. (7) Into The Woods – $3,886,000

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American Sniper has claimed the number one slot at the US Box Office.

Bradley Cooper’s war drama took a huge $90.205m in its first full weekend on general release, having opened in limited release on Christmas Day.

New entries occupy the second and third spots, with The Wedding Ringer and Paddington taking $21m and $19.287m respectively.

Last week’s number one Taken 3 is down to four with $14.05m, while Selma rounds out the top five with $8.3m.

Benedict Cumberbatch’s The Imitation Game is at six, while Into The Woods is at seven with $6.542m.

Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies is at eight, Unbroken is at nine and new entry Blackchat completes the top ten.

The US weekend box office Top 10 for January 16-18 is as follows:
1. (21) American Sniper – $90,205,000
2. (-) The Wedding Ringer – $21,000,000
3. (-) Paddington – $19,287,000
4. (1) Taken 3 – $14,050,000
5. (2) Selma – $8,300,000
6. (6) The Imitation Game – $7,192,000
7. (3) Into The Woods – $6,542,000
8. (4) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – $4,860,000
9. (5) Unbroken – $4,267,000
10. (-) Blackchat – $4,030,000

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Taken 3 has claimed number one at the US box office.

The Liam Neeson action thriller knocked The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies off the top spot with an impressive $40.4m.

Historical drama Selma is this week’s biggest climber after expanding its theatrical release, rising from 24th position to number two with $11.2m.

Into the Woods is down to three with $9.8m and Peter Jackson’s final JRR Tolkien instalment is at four with $9.4m.

Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken rounds out the top five with $8.4m.

The Imitation Game is at six, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb is at seven and Annie is at eight.

Meanwhile, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death falls to nine and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is down at ten.

The US weekend box office Top 10 for January 9-11 is as follows:
1. (-) Taken 3 – $40,400,000
2. (24) Selma – $11,200,000
3. (2) Into the Woods – $9,750,000
4. (1) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – $15,145,000
5. (3) Unbroken – $8,368,000
6. (7) The Imitation Game – $7,624,000
7. (5) Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb – $6,700,000
8. (6) Annie – $4,919,000
9. (4) The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death – $4,825,000
10. (8) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – $3,750,000

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has retained the top spot at the US box office for a third successive week.

The final film of Peter Jackson’s second Tolkien trilogy claimed $21,910,000 over the weekend to stay at number one.

Into The Woods is at two with $19,066,000, while Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken is at three with $18,358,000.

Horror sequel The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death is new at four with $15,145,000 and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb rounds out the Top 5 with $14,450,000.

Annie is at six, Benedict Cumberbatch’s The Imitation Game is at seven and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is at eight.

The Gambler is at nine, while Disney Pixar’s Big Hero 6 is at ten.

The US weekend box office Top 10 for January 2-4 is as follows:
1. (1) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – $21,910,000
2. (2) Into the Woods – $19,066,000
3. (3) Unbroken – $18,358,000
4. (-) The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death – $15,145,000
5. (4) Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb – $14,450,000
6. (5) Annie – $11,400,000
7. (8) The Imitation Game – $8,111,000
8. (6) Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – $7,700,000
9. (7) The Gambler – $6,300,000
10. (11) Big Hero 6 – $4,816,000

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The extended X-Men: Days of Future Past ‘Rogue Cut’ will receive a home release in summer 2015.

Fox Home Entertainment EVP of marketing communications James Finn has revealed fresh details of the extended version of Bryan Singer’s movie (via X-Men Films).

The picture will be released as an entirely “distinct film” from the original release, with “distinct extras”.

The new edition will restore the scene featuring Anna Paquin’s Rogue, which was cut from the original Days of Future Past edit.

Paquin was eventually only seen in the closing scene of the movie, alongside some other surprises from 20th Century Fox’s original trilogy.

The Rogue Cut was at one point rumoured for a cinematic release.

Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse will follow Days of Future Past in 2016.

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North American cinema attendance hit a 20-year low in 2014.

At 1.26 billion, box office numbers were the lowest in the US and Canada since 1995 (which recorded 1.21 billion), according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Chinese attendance figures rose by 34.5% to 830 million compared to 2013.

The country is projected to surpass North American figures by 2017.

Average ticket prices rose in North America, but revenue fell by 5% from 2013 to $10.36 billion (£6.72 billion). This was the greatest drop in revenue in nine years.

2002 marked an all-time high in the US and Canada, with the release of Spider-Man, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

The top grossing films of 2014 included Guardians of the Galaxy, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The LEGO Movie and Transformers: Age of Extinction.

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The Wolf of Wall Street was the most pirated film of 2014, according to data released by piracy-tracking firm Excipio.

Martin Scorsese’s dramedy, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill and Margot Robbie, was illegally downloaded 30.35 million times between January 1 and December 23, 2014, having been released in December 2013.

Disney’s Frozen was the second-most pirated film of the year, while Alfonso Cuarón’s Oscar-winning Gravity was in third place.

2014’s most pirated TV shows have also been revealed, with Game of Thrones leading for the third year running.

The top 10 most-pirated films of 2014 are as follows:
1. The Wolf of Wall Street
2. Frozen
3. Gravity
4. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
5. Thor: The Dark World
6. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
7. The Legend of Hercules
8. X-Men: Days of Future Past
9. 12 Years a Slave
10. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has retained the top spot at the US box office.

The culmination of Peter Jackson’s second Tolkien trilogy took $41,420,000 over the December 26-28 weekend, bringing its total US gross to $168,522,000 since its December 17 release.

Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken debuts at number 2, while Disney’s musical adaptation Into the Woods spends its first weekend at 3.

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb drops two spots to 4, as does Annie at 5.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is still going strong in its sixth week, at 6, while Mark Wahlberg remake The Gambler has started at 7.

The Imitation Game, Exodus: Gods and Kings and Wild make up the rest of the top ten.

Seth Rogen’s The Interview, meanwhile, charts at 16 with $1,811,000, after Sony Pictures’ about-turn saw the controversial movie get a limited theatrical release at 331 cinemas on Christmas Day.

The US weekend box office top ten for December 26-28 is as follows:
1. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – $41,420,000
2. Unbroken – $31,748,000
3. Into the Woods – $31,021,000
4. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb – $20,600,000
5. Annie – $16,600,000
6. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – $10,000,000
7. The Gambler – $9,300,000
8. The Imitation Game – $7,930,000
9. Exodus: Gods and Kings – $6,750,000
10. Wild – $5,415,000

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Transformers: Age of Extinction is the biggest box office hit of 2014.

Michael Bay’s fourth instalment in the robot action saga earned more than $1 billion from cinemas worldwide this year, easily securing it the top spot ahead of Marvel blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy.

Age of Extinction‘s earnings of $245,439,076 in the US makes it the least successful domestic performer in the franchise, however it’s huge foreign gross of $841,965,423 helped power it to the top of the charts.

Elsewhere in 2014, Marvel registered two films in the top ten with the aforementioned Guardians of the Galaxy in second place and Captain America: The Winter Soldier at number five.

Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent and X-Men: Days of Future Past both made it into the top five, while there were also strong showings for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

The top 20 highest grossing films of 2014 are below as of Tuesday, December 23:
1. Transformers: Age of Extinction – $1,087,404,499
2. Guardians of the Galaxy – $772,257,316
3. Maleficent – $757,752,378
4. X-Men: Days of Future Past – $746,045,700
5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier – $714,083,572
6. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – $708,982,323
7. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – $708,279,489
8. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – $639,856,110
9. Interstellar – $635,535,531
10. How to Train Your Dragon 2 – $618,909,935
11. Godzilla – $524,976,069
12. Rio 2 – $498,781,117
13. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – $477,204,754
14. The Lego Movie – $468,060,692
15. Lucy – $458,863,600
16. Edge of Tomorrow – $369,206,256
17. Noah – $362,637,473
18. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – $358,131,544
19. Gone Girl – $349,344,822
20. The Maze Runner – $339,543,969

Source: Box Office Mojo

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