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Weekend Box Office Report: Star Wars Continues Box Office Domination

By Bill Wine

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- For a second straight weekend – and undoubtedly not the last one at that – the box office rankings boiled down to Star Wars and all the rest.

The science fiction sequel, Star Wars: The Force Awakens – installment number 7 – had another runaway first-place finish after scoring the biggest weekend opening in movie history last weekend.

This weekend it earned an estimated $154-million, pushing it close to the $550-million mark in less than two weeks.

The debuting Will Ferrell-Mark Wahlberg comedy, Daddy's Home, took second place with an opening total of $39-million.

Three other new attractions placed in the top ten:

Joy, the comedy-drama starring Jennifer Lawrence, was third with nearly $18-million.

The Will Smith football drama, Concussion, took in $11-million, good for sixth place, while the action thriller, Point Break, finished eighth with $10-million.

Overall, industry-wide totals were below those of last weekend, but well ahead of a year ago, thanks mostly to the Force of Star Wars.

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