LOS ANGELES – Chasing down the top spot at the box office after debuting at No. 2 last week, Mr. Peabody & Sherman took the lead in its second weekend.
The animated film about the time-travelling adventures of a genius dog and the human son he adopted earned $21.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Mr. Peabody and Sherman first appeared in the 1950s and early 1960s on the show Peabody’s Improbable History, a segment within the animated television series Rocky and His Friends and later The Bullwinkle Show.
Warrior drama 300: Rise of an Empire, the 3-D sequel to the original, 2007’s made-in-Montreal 300, dropped to second place with $19.1 million after debuting at No. 1 last weekend. Though its opening haul ($45.1 million) pales in comparison to the original, which debuted with $70.9 million, Rise of an Empire has earned over $78 million over both weekends.
Starring Breaking Bad alum Aaron Paul, the street racer thrill, Need for Speed, based on the popular EA Entertainment video game, drove into third place with $17.8 million.
Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club, starring Nia Long and Amy Smart, rounded out the top five, opening with $8.3 million.
Another of the weekend’s hits, the Liam Neeson’s Non-Stop, earned $10.6 million in its third week at the multiplex. The thriller also stars 12 Years a Slave Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o.
Continuing to hold a spot in the top 10, The Lego Movie came in at No. 6, gaining $7.7 million in its sixth weekend. That brings the stop-motion 3-D animation’s domestic total to $236.9 million.
Leading the year’s early trend of films about religion, Son of God grossed $5.4 million in its third weekend. Russell Crowe’s Noah will continue the biblical thread at the theatre on March 28. The Ridley Scott-directed Exodus, starring Christian Bale as Moses, will debut later this year.
Playing in only 66 theatres, Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel, landed at No. 8 with $3.6 million. When it opened last weekend, the stylish comedy showed on just four screens in New York and Los Angeles. Still, it impressed with $200,000.
Rounding out the top 10 is the Kristen Bell-starring Veronica Mars, the first high-profile project to gain funding from a Kickstarter campaign. The cult show-turned-feature debuted with $2 million.
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