TORONTO — Johnny Depp’s crime caper Mortdecai bombed at the box office on its opening weekend, taking in only $4 million to finish in ninth place, according to studio estimates.
The flop means Depp hasn’t top-lined a movie that made more than $100 million domestically since 2011’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
In the U.S. and Canada, The Rum Diary made a paltry $13 million; Dark Shadows did $80 million; The Lone Ranger managed $89 million; and Transcendence earned $23 million.
Mortdecai, in fact, was Depp’s worst opening since Pirates.
The weekend’s other disappointment was Strange Magic, an animated fantasy co-written and executive produced by George Lucas. It made an estimated $5.5 million.
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In first place for the second consecutive weekend was the Clint Eastwood-directed American Sniper starring Bradley Cooper, which added $64 million. Since its Christmas Day release, the war drama has grossed an impressive $248 million worldwide.
The campy Jennifer Lopez thriller The Boy Next Door opened to $15 million to place No. 2.
The rest of the top five consisted of Paddington ($12 million), The Wedding Ringer ($11.6 million) and Taken 3 ($7.6 million).
Jennifer Aniston’s acclaimed Cake opened in limited release and earned just over $1 million.
BELOW: Watch the trailers for Mortdecai and The Boy Next Door.
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