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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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