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Needless to say, everyone was wrong. By a lot. American Sniper's first wide release weekend resulted in a Friday-to-Sunday total of $89.3 million and a Friday-through-Monday tally of $107.2 million. This was the biggest January debut ever, blowing away previous record holder Ride Along by $48 million. American Sniper more than doubled that record. It was Clint Eastwood's second biggest film ever - after only four days in wide release. And it would easily beat his biggest, Gran Torino, before the beginning of the following weekend. Now, you may be thinking back to the beginning of this article, because it was there where we told you that The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 would not hold onto its title of biggest domestic earner of 2014. Because American Sniper technically opened in 2014, it is considered a release from that year even though its wide release didn't come until mid-January of 2015. It opened lower than Mockingjay Part 2, but it would certainly hold up better over the long run. After that amazing, record-setting opening weekend, American Sniper's box office would decline only 27% in weekend two. If we don't count late May, when the film was only in a few screens and already released on home video, its biggest drop-off was 52% on January 30th. From that point until the weekend preceding its home video release, American Sniper's average decline was 27%. It chugged along with those magnificent holds all the way through the end of June, which ultimately allowed it to accumulate $350.1 million domestically - $13 million more than Mockingjay Part 1 and $17 million more than Guardians of the Galaxy.
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