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8 February 2015 11:55 AM, PST

Over a decade after the first SpongeBob movie hit theaters, moviegoers were more than ready for another trip to Bikini Bottom this weekend.The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water opened to a massive $55.4 million, which is one of the best debuts ever in the month of February.The other new releases weren't so hot: the Wachowskis' Jupiter Ascending opened below $20 million, while Seventh Son fell short of $10 million.The Top 12 earned $136.8 million, which is roughly on par with the same weekend last year. Look for a big jump next weekend when Fifty Shades of Grey and Kingsman: The Secret Service hit theaters.The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water's $55.4 million debut is up 73 percent from the first SpongeBob's $32 million opening. It ranks fifth all-time in the month of February behind Valentine's Day ($56.3 million). It couldn't quite reach the same level as last year's The Lego Movie and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles »

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8 February 2015 11:35 AM, PST

<< Continued from "Weekend Report: 'Jupiter Ascending' Crushed by Super 'SpongeBob'"Playing at 3,181 locations, Jupiter Ascending opened in third place with a very disappointing $18.4 million this weekend. That's a fraction below the Wachowskis' Speed Racer ($18.6 million); with seven years of ticket price inflation and the addition of 3D premiums, it's likely that attendance for Jupiter was substantially lower.Jupiter Ascending's opening was also around $10 million less than recent big-budget sci-fi movies like Elysium ($29.8 million), Edge of Tomorrow ($28.8 million), After Earth ($27.5 million) and Ender's Game ($27 million), all of which were considered misses on opening weekend.The marketing for Jupiter Ascending never quite found a way to sell the convoluted story, and also struggled to hide the movie's sillier elements. It also doesn't help that the Wachowski brand is essentially worthless now: the massive amount of goodwill generated by The Matrix has faded thanks to two lukewarm sequels followed by »

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8 February 2015 10:32 AM, PST

Coinciding with its domestic debut, Jupiter Ascending opened in 65 international markets and earned a solid $32.5 million.The movie's biggest market was Russia, where it took first place with $4.7 million. It also took the top spot in a handful of smaller Asian markets.Otherwise, though, Jupiter's debuts were unremarkable: it opened to $2.5 million in France, $2.1 million in South Korea, and $2 million in the U.K., and wound up between $1 and $2 million in Brazil, Mexico, Germany, Italy and Spain.The big-budget sci-fi flick expands in to Australia in two weeks, and then reaches China and Japan in March.Playing in 25 markets, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water added $16.2 million this weekend. According to Paramount, that's five-and-a-half times as much as the first SpongeBob movie earned across the same group of territories.The movie opened in first place in Brazil and Spain with $4.6 million and $1.9 million, respectively. Meanwhile, it held on to »

- Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>

7 February 2015 9:15 AM, PST

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water crushed expectations on Friday, while Jupiter Ascending and Seventh Son bombed.The adaptation of the popular Nickelodeon TV show opened to an estimated $15.1 million yesterday. In comparison, the first SpongeBob movie earned $9.6 million on its first Friday nearly a decade ago. More interesting is the fact that this opening is nearly on par with The Lego Movie's $17.1 million haul on the same date last year. If Sponge Out of Water holds up like Lego through the weekend, it will wind up north of $60 million.Playing at 3,181 locations, Jupiter Ascending opened in second place on Friday with an estimated $6.4 million. That's significantly lower than recent sci-fi movies like Elysium ($11.1 million) and Edge of Tomorrow ($10.6 million). It's also barely above legendary Wachowski bomb Speed Racer, which opened to $6.2 million back in May 2008. For the weekend, Jupiter Ascending will likely wind up between $17 and $19 million. »

- Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>

5 February 2015 5:05 PM, PST

After dominated the box office for three straight weeks, American Sniper will cede first place this weekend to a talking sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea.The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water seems poised to open north of $35 million, which would be more than enough to take the top spot over the first weekend of February.Among the other new releases, the Wachowskis' Jupiter Ascending will compete with American Sniper for second place, while Seventh Son could struggle to reach $10 million.Playing at 3,641 locations, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water arrives in theaters over a decade after the first SpongeBob movie, which was a feature length version of the immensely popular Nickelodeon animated show. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie opened to $32 million on its way to $85.4 million, or around $114 million adjusted for ticket price inflation.While SpongeBob and company are still fairly popular, it's likely that »

- Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>

4 February 2015 4:57 PM, PST

Thanks in large part to American Sniper's extraordinary performance, the domestic box office topped $1 billion in January for the first time since 2010.American Sniper accounted for $242.2 million, or 24 percent, of that total. After playing at four locations for three weeks*dating back to Christmas Day*Sniper earned an incredible $107.2 million when it expanded nationwide over Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend. It proceeded to hold well in its second weekend (off only 28 percent), which set it up to become one of the highest-grossing movies from 2014.Even with a steep third weekend drop, Sniper remains on track to wind up over $330 million, which will rank second all-time among R-rated movies behind The Passion of the Christ ($370.8 million).In a distant second place, Taken 3 took in $80.9 million during the month of January. The final installment in the popular action franchise should wrap up its run with a bit less than $100 million, »

- Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>

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