Who is “the Special?” Try The LEGO Movie. In February, this most blockish of blockbusters has been very special indeed.
For the third straight week, Emmet Brickowski and his cadre of interlocking pals dominated at the box office, stacking another $31.5 million (estimated, of course) on its ever-growing gross. Any flick that would dare to step on The LEGO Movie is bound to hop away in pain.
Take, for example, the Kevin Costner-fronted 3 Days to Kill, the curious tale of a good CIA hitman trying to become a better father. Over three days, Kill earned $12.3 million, which wasn’t even enough to keep those LEGOs in sniping distance. It wound up finishing with the weekend’s silver medal.
And then there’s third-place Pompeii, a big-budget blowout that, surely at one point, TriStar hoped would trigger a welcome eruption in dollar bills. Alas, the movie proved less than a volcanic success: Just $10 million trickled down the sides of this CGI Mount Vesuvius, which effectively destroyed Pompeii. (A sequel would’ve been difficult to make, anyway.)
RoboCop, a holdover from last week, finished fourth with $9.4 million. And The Monuments Men, while not the work of art that George Clooney had hoped it would be, still has shown some surprising durability. It earned another $8.1 million to wrap up the Top 5.
Will The LEGO Movie, like its toy forebears, prove to be nigh indestructible over a full month of playtime? Next week pits it against two strong newcomers: Non-Stop, which stars perennial wintertime kingpin Liam Neeson (his hits Taken and The Grey were both late-January releases in 2008 and 2011, respectively), and Son of God, based on the life of—well, you know who.
Final figures update: 1. The LEGO Movie, $31.3 million; 2. 3 Days to Kill, $12.2 million; 3. Pompeii, $10.3 million; 4. RoboCop, $9.8 million; 5. The Monuments Men, $7.9 million.
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