Summary ‘The Lego Movie’ snapped into place for moviegoers with a $69.1 million debut..
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The debut of "The Lego Movie," studded with dozens of star voices, easily beat off George Clooney s latest film, final figures for the North American Box Office showed Monday.
The big-screen opening for the movie featuring characters formed from the colorful educational building blocks soared to the top of the chart, taking a massive $69.1 million between Friday and Sunday, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said.
The characters are voiced by well-known actors including Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson and Will Ferrell, as well as retired basketball legend Shaquille O Neal.
It earned more than triple the $22.7 million taken at theaters for "The Monuments Men," directed by and starring Clooney, about a World War II platoon tasked with recovering art masterpieces looted by the Nazis.
In third place was last week s top-earner, "Ride Along," a police action comedy starring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, which earned $9.6 million in ticket sales over the weekend.
Disney smash "Frozen," loosely-based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, was in fourth sport, down from second last week, earning $6.9 million.
"That Awkward Moment," a romantic comedy starring Zac Efron about three friends who pledge to remain single only to fall in love, was in fifth spot, down from third, with $5.6 million in ticket sales.
That was only slightly more than Afghanistan war epic "Lone Survivor," which took $5.2 million in sixth place.
And lagging a bit behind was "Vampire Academy," a new entry from the Weinstein Co., with sales of just under $4 million, good enough for seventh spot.
Rounding out the top 10, were "The Nut Job," ($3.8 million), "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit," ($3.5 million), and "Labor Day," ($3.2 million), according to Exhibitor Relations. Final Box Office returns will be released Monday.
