Film ‘Mr. Peabody’ tops North American box office

After reaching the No. 2 spot on its debut week, “Mr. Peabody & Sherman” now takes lead at the box office, surpassing both the weekend ticket sales of “300: Rise of An Empire” and “Need for Speed.”

According to DreamWorks’ estimates on Sunday, March 16, “Mr. Peabody & Sherman” has earned $21.2 million during this weekend screening alone.

Need for Speed was the best new film of the weekend, taking $17 million at the box office against a relatively cheap $66 million budget. Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club took $8 million.

Crowd-funded Veronica Mars made a surprised $2 million in a mere 292 theaters. The film was made with $6 million raised by fans and was released on video-on-demand services the same day.

Agencies/Canadajournal