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Non-Stop

Liam Neeson’s Non-Stop was on top on Friday with a solid $10 million. Despite middling reviews, credit goes to the, well, non-stop ads for the airplane thriller and Neeson’s continued strength as a draw in these films. It’s Oscar weekend, which means Sunday is a terrible day for box office. That will keep Non-Stop from potentially cracking the $30 million mark, but it will still come in with a respectable $26 million on the weekend.

Son of God

Making it a very close race on Friday is Son of God with an impressive $9.4 million. Finding an underserved niche in Christian audiences, the adaptation of the television miniseries stands a good chance of being the top entry on the weekend as it’s neck and neck with Non-Stop. I’ll give the slight edge to Son of God for the weekend title in that it’s less likely to be impacted by the Oscars than Non-Stop is. A weekend of $27.2 million for something that pretty much already aired on TV is a remarkable achievement.

The LEGO Movie

Things are less awesome this week for The LEGO Movie as it’s bumped to third place with $4.4 million on Friday (down 40% from last week) but by the end of today it’ll have crossed $200 million, the first 2014 film to do so. Another $17.6 million for the weekend gives it a good start to its march towards $300 million.

Projected Estimates for the Top Ten (Three-Day)
Projected Rank	Film	Estimated Gross
1	Son of God	27.2
2	Non-Stop	26.0
3	The LEGO Movie	17.6
4	The Monuments Men	4.5
5	3 Days to Kill	4.1
6	Robocop	3.8
7	Pompeii	3.5
8	About Last Night	3.1
9	Frozen	3.0
10	Ride Along	2.8