Box Office: 'Furious 7' Wins Again; 'Paul Blart 2' Gets Big Money and Bad Reviews

"Furious 7" continued its domination at the box office, followed by "Paul Blart Mall Cop 2," which did surprisingly well despite terrible reviews.

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Furious 7 isn't running out of gas, putting on the brakes, or any other stupid car-related term for the way the movie continues to rake in the cash at the box office this week. 

The movie already topped a billion worldwide (the first Universal Studios pic to ever do that) and added a cool $29.1 million domestically this weekend to remain No. 1 for a third straight week, according to Variety. It has now made $294.4 million in North America. 

In second place this week was Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, which proved once again that critics have jack to do with making hits. Despite scoring a spectacular 0% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, the film made a solid $24 million. 

​Low-budget horror flick Unfriended was also a hit, bringing in $16 million in its opening weekend on a $1 million budget. 

Also strong (for a limited release) the Oscar Isaac-starring sci-fi film Ex Machina. It was only playing on 39 screens, but brought in the highest per-screen average in the country for the second week in a row, and now stands at $1.1 million. 

 

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