Summary ‘The Lego Movie’ notched a second straight week atop the North American box office.
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - "The Lego Movie" notched a second straight week atop the North American box office, earning nearly $49 million this weekend, industry estimates showed on Sunday.
Box office dominance is proving to be child s play for the Warner Brothers movie, which is based on the popular kids toys.
It has raked in $129 million since its opening, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations said.
"About Last Night," a romantic comedy starring ubiquitous actor Kevin Hart, took second place in its debut. The film about a lady s man who falls for a woman even bawdier than he is, had $27 million in ticket sales.
Close behind was a reboot of "Robocop," which sold $21.5 million in tickets for third place. The update of the 1987 sci-fi film stars Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Keaton.
Fourth place went to "The Monuments Men," directed by and starring Hollywood leading man George Clooney. The film about a World War II platoon tasked with recovering art masterpieces looted by the Nazis earned $15 million.
"Endless Love," a movie about teenaged love, debuted in fifth place this Valentine s Day weekend, with $13.4 million in box office receipts.
In sixth place was "Ride Along," a police action comedy starring Kevin Hart -- his second appearance this weekend in the top 10 movies -- and Ice Cube. It earned an estimated $8.8 million.
Seventh place went to the opening this weekend of "Winter s Tale," based on the Mark Helprin novel about a tortured time traveler. The film, starring Irish heartthrob Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe, Eva Marie Saint and Jennifer Connelly, earned $7.8 million.
Disney smash "Frozen," loosely-based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, was in the eighth spot, earning $5.9 million.
In ninth place was Afghanistan war epic "Lone Survivor," which took in $4.1 million.
Rounding out the top ten was "That Awkward Moment," a romantic comedy starring Zac Efron about three friends who pledge to remain single only to fall in love. It sold $3.3 million in tickets.
