Everything is indeed awesome for anyone connected to The LEGO Movie. The much anticipated LEGO Movie debuted this weekend with a with a dynamite $69.1 million. That figure includes $17.14m on Friday and a whopping $30.9m on Saturday, an 80% increase. Throw in a $21m Sunday (yes, 22% more than Friday), and you have the second-largest February debut of all-time after the $83m Fri-Sun number for The Passion of the Christ ten years ago. Heck, even if you play the adjusted-for-inflation game, it’s still the third biggest after the $58m debut ($85m adjusted) of Hannibal way back in 2001 (which, fun fact, was the third-biggest opening weekend ever at the time).
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