Heck, its second weekend was just over the second weekend of Twilight even with a smaller debut weekend. Divergent now sits with $95.2m. It's clear the fans like what they got last weekend, so this one isn't close to done yet. 300: Rise of an Empire scored another $4.3m for Warner Bros., down 49% from last weekend. As expected, it crossed $100m and now sits with $101m domestic overseas will be updated, but it's well over $300m at this point.The LEGO Movie earned another $3.1m, down just 25% from last Friday. The animated picture has earned $248.3m domestic as it climbs up the list of top-grossing animated features in America. It's at 14, having just past Toy Story 2 $245.8m on Friday and with Despicable Me $251m next on the list. DreamWorks' Mr. Peabody and Sherman earned another $9.5m, just 19% off of last weekend.
The DWA animated feature is holding up pretty well and has now earned $94.9m after four weekends. Also holding up well is Walt Disney's DIS +0.65% Muppets Most Wanted. After its soft-ish $17 million debut, the film earned a decent $11.37m, down just 33% from last weekend. This brings the film's domestic cume to $33.2m. That's not terrific although it basically doubled its Friday gross on Saturday, but it means that the film should at least gross its $50m budget in America before seeking more fortune-and-glory overseas.The real surprise in holdover news was the shocking hold for God's Not Dead. The film earned a fine $9.1m last weekend, but is set to earn another $9.08m this weekend . The faith-based drama is not remotely the one-weekend-wonder that I was expecting, as it ended its tenth day with $22.03m. Long term projections are officially out the window, but it should pass $30m by the end of next weekend.
It may end up within spitting distance of the $56m gross of Fox's Son of God. It ironically probably swooped up much of the hardcore religious viewership that Paramount was so concerned about in regards to Noah, arguably by positioning itself as the anti-Noah for those who felt that Aronofsky's film wasn't explicitly divine enough.Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel which I shamefully have not seen yet, but I'm going to try to sneak out this week expanded to 977 screens and didn't miss a beat.