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Ride Along finishes in seventh place, which means we have two three-peaters in the top 10. The Kevin Hart/Ice Cube comedy earned another $4.7 million in its sixth weekend and dropped 46%. The $25 million Universal release has pulled in $123.2 million so far.

Like usual, the only non-LEGO film that doesn’t take it on the chin is Disney’s Frozen, as it enjoys its 13th straight weekend in the top 10. Frozen earned another $4.4 million this weekend, which means it was down a not-terrible 30% compared to last weekend. With a domestic gross now of $384.1 million, Frozen passes Finding Nemo, the second biggest Pixar release after Toy Story 3, and Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2, which grossed $381 million. It will likely finish its run as the 19th biggest domestic release ever, as #18, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, grossed $402.1 million. Worldwide, Frozen is approaching the billion dollar mark, as it has taken in about $980 million. Fun Fact: Since the turn of the millennium, only six other films have spent 13 or more consecutive weekends in the top ten: Avatar (14 weekends), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (14), Traffic (tied with 13), A Beautiful Mind (15), Chicago (16), and My Big Fat Greek Wedding (18).

Ninth goes to Endless Love, another one of these Valentine’s Day flowers that is wilting badly after a week in release. Endless Love fell 80% from Friday-to-Friday, and earned only $4.3 million this weekend, off 68% compared to last weekend. A Nicholas Sparks movie this is not. Endless Love cost Universal only $20 million to make, and it has a gross so far of $20.1 million.

Finally in tenth is Winter’s Tale, another Valentine’s Day chocolate that has gone bad and is being thrown out. After earning $7.3 million last weekend, this Warner Bros. release fell 71% to $2.1 million this weekend, after audiences figured out that this isn’t a great film. Winter’s Tale cost $60 million to make, and has a gross so far of $11.2 million.

Overall, the box office was way down from last weekend’s three-day top 12 take of $160.4 million, but that was expected due to the holidays. This weekend the top 12 earned $97.9 million thanks to The LEGO Movie. Last year, over the same weekend, the top 12 earned $88.5 million as both Snitch and Dark Skies tanked, leaving the three-weekend-old Identity Thief in top spot. Next weekend brings Non-Stop, a Liam Neeson actioner on an airplane, and the Jesus movie, Son of God, with no Mel Gibson association this time.

Top Weekend Box Office for 2/21/14-2/23/14 (Estimates)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	The Lego Movie	WARNER BROS.	$31,450,000	- 37%	$183,160,000
2	3 Days To Kill	Relativity	$12,300,000	New	$12,300,000
3	Pompeii	SONY	$10,000,000	New	$10,000,000
4	Robocop	MGM	$9,400,000	- 57%	$43,600,000
5	The Monuments Men	SONY	$8,100,000	- 48%	$58,050,000
6	About Last Night	SONY	$7,400,000	- 71%	$38,150,000
7	Ride Along	New Line Cinema	$4,667,110	- 46%	$123,172,910
8	Frozen	DISNEY	$4,357,000	- 30%	$384,061,000
9	Endless Love	UNIVERSAL	$4,300,560	- 68%	$20,141,815
10	Winter's Tale	WARNER BROS.	$2,130,000	- 71%	$11,224,000
11	Lone Survivor	UNIVERSAL	$2,016,280	- 51%	$121,747,186
12	American Hustle	SONY	$1,750,000	- 28%	$144,130,000
	Also Opening/Notables
	The Wind Rises	DISNEY	$306,000	New	$306,000
	In Secret	Roadside Attractions	$275,000	New	$275,000
	Vampire Academy	Weinstein Co.	$265,000	- 86%	$7,609,608
	That Awkward Moment	Focus Features	$1,400,000	- 60%	$24,068,542
	Tim's Vermeer	Sony Classics	$91,317	+ 58%	$327,385
	Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit	PARAMOUNT	$840,000	- 62%	$49,313,000
	The Wolf of Wall Street	PARAMOUNT	$1,281,000	- 34%	$112,800,000
	August: Osage County	Weinstein Co.	$385,000	- 56%	$36,600,311
	Her	WARNER BROS.	$415,000	- 31%	$23,986,000
	Philomena	Weinstein Co.	$1,181,000	- 23%	$32,704,936
	Nebraska	PARAMOUNT	$400,000	- 26%	$16,489,000
	Dallas Buyers Club	Focus Features	$276,000	- 26%	$24,725,501
	12 Years a Slave	FOX SEARCHLIGHT	$510,000	- 9%	$49,064,700
	Gravity	WARNER BROS.	$820,000	- 21%	$269,248,000
Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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