Lego Movie tops North American box week for a third week

The Lego Movie remains on the top of the  North American box office chart, after spending a third week at number one.

The film earned $31.5 million over the weekend, according to early estimates.

Kevin Costner crime drama 3 Days to Kill debuted in second place with $12.3 million.

A sequel of the Lego Movie has just been announced, with a release date set for May 2017.

The Lego Movie is the highest-grossing film of the year so far.

Gladiator drama Pompeii, starring Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington, took third place with $10 million, despite a mauling from many film critics.

The RoboCop reboot dropped from third to fourth place in its second week of release, taking $9.4 million while George Clooney’s war movie, The Monuments Men, also dropped a place, from fourth to fifth.

Two Kevin Hart movies, About Last Night and Ride Along, took sixth and seventh place respectively.

Ride Along has also secured a sequel off the back of the first film’s successful run.

North American box office chart

1. The Lego Movie – $31.5 million

2. 3 Days to Kill – $12.3 million

3. Pompeii – $10 million

4. RoboCop – $9.4 million

5. The Monuments Men – $8.1 million

Source: Rentrak