The sequel, released ten years after the first film and to significantly better reviews, earned $15.1 million in theaters yesterday and is projected to earn more than $40 million, finally knocking American Sniper out of the top spot at the box office, where it’s been since its Oscar-qualifying limited opening expanded to a national theatrical release.
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Sniper is expected to come in third this weekend, behind SpongeBob and Jupiter Ascending but ahead of Seventh Son.
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie made $32 million a decade ago, and while the new movie might not be quite the hit that one was when adjusted for inflation, it’s also worth a mention that this new film is coming out more than a decade into the popular kids’ series’ run and long after it’s the shiny new fad of the day.
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