'American Sniper' tops the North American box office for a second weekend

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- American Sniper is the No. 1 movie at the U.S. and Canadian box office for a second weekend, earning $64.4 million in receipts, Rentrak announced Sunday.

The contemporary war picture is up for six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Bradley Cooper. It made more than $100 million at the North American box office over the four-day Martin Luther King Jr. weekend of Jan. 16-19.

The movie opened in limited release Dec. 25, but rolled out nationally last weekend.

Coming in at No. 2 this weekend is The Boy Next Door with $15 million, followed by Paddington at No. 3 with $12.4 million,The Wedding Ringer at No. 4 with $11.6 million and Taken 3 at No. 5 with $7.6 million.

Rounding out the top tier are The Imitation Game at No. 6 with $7.1 million, Strange Magic at No. 7 with $5.53 million, Selma at No. 8 with $5.5 million, Mortdecai at No. 9 with $4.1 million and Into the Woods at No. 10 with $3.9 million.