- With final box office numbers in from the weekend before Valentine's Day, the final chapter of the Fifty Shades saga was a clear winner over a classic children's tale.
- Fifty Shades Freed (NASDAQ:CMCSA) grossed $38.6M to take the top spot over Peter Rabbit (NYSE:SNE), which drew $25M.
- A third newcomer, Clint Eastwood's The 15:17 to Paris (NYSE:TWX), settled in at No. 3 with $12.55M.
- The third Fifty Shades film had the weakest opening of the three (which included hit Fifty Shades of Grey and sequel Fifty Shades Darker), but put the series over the $1B mark in global cumulative grosses.
- Meanwhile, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (SNE) is showing its legs: It's uncommon now for films to hit double-digit millions in their eighth week, but the film took the fourth-highest total with $10.02M.
- That brings its cumulative domestic gross to $365.9M and worldwide total to $883M; still inching up Sony 's charts, it's set to pass Spider-Man 2 (just about $7.5M behind) to become Sony's second-highest grossing domestic release ever.
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