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Weekend Box Office: ‘American Sniper’ Blows Past Competition For Second Straight Weekend

DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) – “American Sniper” hit the mark with moviegoers again.

The Navy SEAL drama starring Bradley Cooper topped the box office for a second weekend in a row with $ 64.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The total haul for the Warner Bros. film now stands at $ 200.1 million.

The Universal thriller “The Boy Next Door” featuring Jennifer Lopez as a teacher who engages in an affair with a younger man debuted in second place with $ 15 million.

The weekend’s other major new releases weren’t even in the neighborhood of “The Boy Next Door.”

The animated fantasy “Strange Magic” opened in a distant seventh place with $ 5.5 million, while the Johnny Depp dud “Mortdecai” flopped in ninth place with $ 4.1 million.

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