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That tally trails last week&#8217;s opening mark by a whopping 73%, but it remained the figure to beat on the cinema circuit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kingsman: The Secret Service&#8221; came closest to beating the total.  The film retains its #2 position with $17.5 million in ticket sales.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth on Friday, &#8220;The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water&#8221; leverages its Saturday matinee boost to claim #3 for the weekend.  It added $15.5 million to its total.<\/p>\n<p>New release &#8220;McFarland, USA&#8221; failed to top &#8220;The DUFF&#8221; on Friday, but estimates show it pulled ahead as the weekend progressed.  It debuts at #4 with approximately $11.3 million in receipts, while the debuting teen comedy opens at #5 with approximately $11.0 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;American Sniper&#8221; earned $9.7 million and places sixth, while flop &#8220;Hot Tub Time Machine 2&#8221; begins at #7 courtesy its $5.8 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[36,1050],"tags":[3466,3489,3690,3653,3693,3689,3655,1234],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;50 Shades&quot; Wins at Weekend Box Office, &quot;McFarland, USA&quot; Narrowly Leads &quot;DUFF&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For the second consecutive week, &quot;50 Shades of Grey&quot; is the hottest film at the North American box office. 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