Despite it being Valentine's Day weekend (even if the actual holiday isn't until Tuesday), there was more love in the air across the pond for the blocky adventures of The Lego Batman Movie than the wannabe kinksters of Fifty Shades Darker. The Caped Crusader's Lego Movie spin-off earned $55.6 million, according to studio estimates.
Though a less successful launch than its parent film, that was still a good starting point for Batman, which added $37 million from elsewhere in the world for a global total of $92.6 million. And audiences outside of America were kinder to Christian and Ana as Darker, which took in $46.7 million in the States, grossed a tad over $100 million overseas, making its worldwide kick-off up to $146.8 million. But again, it was down from the opening of the original Fifty Shades Of Grey, which earned $85.1 million back in 2015.
Continuing the run of sequels (well, spin-offs in the Batcase), John Wick: Chapter 2 shot its way into third, making $30 million. The new films meant that Split, which has been ruling the roost for a few weeks, fell to fourth on $9.3 million. Hidden Figures rounded out the top five with $8 million.
A Dog's Purpose fell to sixth place from third, taking in $7.3 million, while Rings dropped from second to seventh on $5.8 million; the horror reboot has yet to make its production budget back from its US earnings.
La La Land fell slightly to eighth and $5 million, ahead of fellow awards hopeful Lion at ninth with $4 million. And finally, at 10th, we find sci-fi teen romance The Space Between Us. It only dropped one place, but given that it launched at ninth and took home $1.7 million this week for a $6.5 million running total, that isn't going to make anyone involved with the movie smile.