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With $59.6 million,easily held on to first place at the domestic box office. It also got off to an incredible start in China, where it set the opening day record with $68.8 million.At the domestic box office,'s 60 percent drop was a slight improvement overand, both of which fell over 62 percent in their second frames. On Sunday, it passedto become the highest-grossing entry in the franchise with $251.5 million. Without any serious competition for the next two weeks, the movie is guaranteed to earn at least $350 million total.Worldwide,is already the highest-grossingmovie with $801 million. It's now on track to become one of the biggest movies ever with at least $1.2 billion.DreamWorks Animation'sheld on to the second spot with $18.5 million, which is down 31 percent from last weekend. To date, its earned $129.1 million, which is ahead ofandthrough the same point.Nicholas Sparks adaptationopened to $13 million from 3,366 locations this weekend. That's above last Fall's($10 million), and essentially on par with past Sparks moviesandThis isn't a particularly strong result, though it does feel like this is about as good as a Sparks movie is going to do without a major star or two in the leading roles. Ultimately,should wind up earning around $30 million.took fourth place with $8.2 million. That's off 37 percent from last weekend, which is a solid hold considering how hard it fell in its second frame. To date, the Will Ferrell Kevin Hart comedy has earned $70.8 million, which puts it ahead of recent Hart movie($64.5 million).In its fifth weekend,eased 30 percent to $7.14 million. It's now earned $180.7 million, and still has a slim chance of ultimately reaching $200 million.took sixth place this weekend with $6.7 million, which is down 34 percent from last weekend. To date, its earned $114.7 million, which trails the originalby $10 million.After a week in moderate release,expanded to 1,504 locations and earned $5.48 million.has already grossed $8.9 million, and is now poised to make a serious run at $20 million.In its third weekend in wide release, indie horror flickfell 23 percent to $1.94 million. The word-of-mouth hit has now earned $11.7 million.After three weeks in limited release,expanded nationwide (739 locations) this weekend and grossed $1.48 million. That's a fine result for first-time distributor Bleecker Street. The movie has so far earned $2.38 million, and will likely wrap up around $6 million.In its third weekend,expanded to 246 locations and earned an estimated $1.38 million. That's the biggest weekend ever for writer/director Noah Baumbach . Baumbach's highest-grossing movie ever iswith $7.37 million; with at least one more expansion on the way, it will be interesting to see how closecan get to that number.opened to an estimated $250,000 from four locations, which translates to a strong $62,500 per-theater average. That's the biggest per-theater average so far this year, and second-biggest ever for distributor A24 (in both cases, ahead of). With strong reviews, look for this to expand nationwide over the next few weeks.added $198.7 million overseas this weekend, which includes a stunning $68.8 million on opening day (Sunday) in China.That's a new single day record in China, and is essentially equal to what the last movie made in its entire run there. It's too early to say exactly what this means in the long run, but it's also hard to imagineearning less than $250 million in the world's second-largest market.The movie also opened in Russia this weekend, where it set a four-day record with $15.9 million. It's already Universal's highest-grossing movie in 14 smaller territories, and it's set to expand in to Japan (its final market) next weekend.Through 12 days,has earned a stunning $550.5 million overseas, which is ahead of's $550 million. Including the U.S., the movie has already grossed over $801 million worldwide.Assuming there's $100 million more in the U.S., $200 million more in China, and $200 million more in the rest of the world,is on track to wind up with around $1.3 billion. That would rank fifth all-time behindandadded $15 million for a new total of $111 million. Meanwhile,took in $12.6 million, which brings its foreign total to $256 million.Box Office Mojo