“American Sniper” added best Super Bowl weekend ever to its list of box-office records Sunday, claiming its third consecutive weekend win with an estimated $31.8 million.
To do it, the Iraq War saga had to outscore “Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour,” which rang up $31.1 million for Disney in 2008.
The Clint Eastwood-directed “Sniper” starring Bradley Cooper has rewritten the record books since it began a box-office blitz on Jan. 16, one day after it earned six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Actor.
After posting the best wide opening ever for the Martin Luther King holiday weekend and the month of January, “American Sniper” will have rolled up nearly $250 million domestically in 17 days for Village Roadshow and distributor Warner Bros.