Lego Movie Rules Weekend Box Office With $31.4 Million

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February 24, 2014 2:32 PM

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Warner Bros animated film The Lego Movie tops the global box office this weekend with a whopping $23.1 million in 48 international markets for a worldwide weekend take of $54.5 million, making it to $31.4 million in its third week of release. The studio further enjoyed a huge number one debut in china alone for the The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug raking in $32.7 million.

The film which features big stars like Elizabeth Banks, Morgan Freeman, Chris Patt, Will Ferrell, Lian Neeson and Will Arnett, should end its domestic run with around $270 million, easily the biggest total for a non-sequel animated film outside of the Disney/Pixar wheelhouse, according to Forbes.

The LEGO Movie 2 has been slotted for May 26, 2017 but meanwhile here are the top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates - data collected as of Sunday, Feb. 23.

Lego Movie, The - Warner Bros. - $31.4M3 Days To Kill - Relativity Media - $12.3MPompeii - Sony - $10.0MRoboCop - Sony - $9.4MMonuments Men - Sony - $8.1MAbout Last Night - Sony - $7.4MRide Along - Universal - $4.7MFrozen - Disney - $4.4MEndless Love - Universal - $4.3MWinter's Tale - Warner Bros. - $2.1MLone Survivor - Universal - $2.0MAmerican Hustle - Sony - $1.8M