'American Sniper' Is Having A Monster Weekend
youtube
Clint Eastwood's Oscar darling "American Sniper" opened wide this weekend with a record-smashing $90.2 million haul.
"American Sniper" stars Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. The film has been exceeding expectations since it opened in limited release in just 4 theaters on Christmas Day, taking in an impressive $850,000 with a per-theater-average of $152,500, which ranks the 11th best p.t.a of all time.
On Thursday, the film nabbed six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor for star Bradley Cooper, so the timing of its wide-release this weekend could not have been better.
"American Sniper" is now the highest grossing January debut of all time, more than doubling last January's "Ride Along" , which took in just $41.5 million. More notably, the film had the second highest debut ever for an R-rated film, a record held by "The Matrix Reloaded" that took the spot all the way back in 2003 with $91.7 million. When final numbers are released tomorrow morning, "Sniper" might actually overtake it.
It is also the biggest debut for Clint Eastwood, a record previously set by 2008's "Gran Torino" at just $29.5 million. "American Sniper" bested that on Friday alone with $30.5 million.
Theo Wargo/Getty Images
- Mahindra XUV 3XO compact SUV launched in India starting at ₹7.49 lakh
- Markets trade firm on global rally, fresh foreign fund inflows
- Sustainable Energy Efficiency
- BenQ Zowie XL2546X review – Monitor for the serious gamers
- 9 health benefits of drinking sugarcane juice in summer
- Nothing Phone (2a) blue edition launched
- JNK India IPO allotment date
- JioCinema New Plans
- Realme Narzo 70 Launched
- Apple Let Loose event
- Elon Musk Apology
- RIL cash flows
- Charlie Munger
- Feedbank IPO allotment
- Tata IPO allotment
- Most generous retirement plans
- Broadcom lays off
- Cibil Score vs Cibil Report
- Birla and Bajaj in top Richest
- Nestle Sept 2023 report
- India Equity Market