American Sniper hits $200m in US

American Sniper starring Bradley Cooper as the late Navy SEAL sharpshooter Chris Kyle stayed top following a 28% decline to add a confirmed $64.6m for $200.4m after five sessions.

A further $5.8m from 333 Imax screens pushed the tally to $18.8m to ensure the film will end the month as the biggest ever January Imax release.

Mortdecai starring Johnny Depp and Gwyneth Paltrow arrived in ninth place via Lionsgate on a disappointing $4.2m from 2,648 venues.

Universal’s Jennifer Lopez thriller The Boy Next Door opened in second place on $14.9m from 2,602 while Disney animation Strange Magic debuted at number seven on a disappointing $5.5m from 3,020.

Jennifer Aniston drama Cake, which earned the actress a Golden Globe nomination and glowing reviews, arrived via Cinelou Films on a lacklustre $916,179 from 482 sites.

The Jude Law submarine thriller Black Sea opened via Focus on $37,675 from five venues.

Overall box office for the top 12 dropped 23.2% against last weekend and climbed 71% against the comparable session in 2014.

This week’s wide releases are Paramount’s sci-fi Project Almanac; thriller The Loft starring Karl Urban and James Marsden through Open Road; and Relativity’s drama Black Or White starring Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer.

Confirmed top 10 North America Jan 23-25, 2015
Film (Dist) / Est wkd gross / Est total to date

1 (1) American Sniper (Warner Bros) WBPI $64.6m $200.4m

2 (-) The Boy Next Door (Universal) UPI $14.9m –

3 (3) Paddington (TWC-Dimension) StudioCanal $12.3m $39.9m

4 (2) The Wedding Ringer (Screen Gems) SPRI $11.3m $39.4m

5 (4) Taken 3 (Fox) Fox International $7.4m $75.9m

6 (6) The Imitation Game (The Weinstein Company) FilmNation $6.9m $60.5m

7 (-) Strange Magic (Buena Vista) WDSMPI $5.5m –

8 (5) Selma (Paramount) Pathé $5.4m $39.1m

9 (-) Mortdecai (Lionsgate) Lionsgate International $4.2m –

10 (7) Into The Woods (Buena Vista) WDSMPI $3.9m $121.5m