'American Sniper' Continues to Break Records

“American Sniper” has broken another record.

The six-time Academy Award nominated film has now become the highest grossing film on Super Bowl weekend, picking up $31.8 million, just edging out the 2008 “Hannah Montanta/Miley Cryus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour,” which grabbed 31.2 million when it premiered.

“These are superhero movie numbers,” said Paul Dergarabedian, a senior media analyst at Rentrak. “People are hearing about this movie, talking about it and I imagine it’s leading them to see it multiple times to get to these type of numbers.”

The Chris Kyle biopic blew the competition away this weekend. “Paddington” took the second place spot with only $8.5 million.

Today marks another special day for “American Sniper” fans. On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared today, February 2, Chris Kyle Day.

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