Summary The animated "Mr. Peabody & Sherman," opened a week earlier in the No. 2 spot.
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" won the weekend box office derby with $21.2 million in ticket sales, outpacing both last week s winner "300: Rise of An Empire" and video game turned car racing movie "Need for Speed."
The animated "Mr. Peabody & Sherman," which opened a week earlier in the No. 2 spot, overtook last week s winner, the Greek-era action film "300: Rise of an Empire" which collected $19.1 million from Friday to Sunday, according to studio estimates.
"Need for Speed" settled for third place on its opening weekend with ticket sales of $17.8 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters.
