Box Office: 'American Sniper' tops box office, may set Super Bowl weekend record Los Angeles Times | February 1, 2015 | 10:50 AM "American Sniper" scored big again at the box office with an estimated $31.8 million -- a number that, if it holds up, will set a record for Super Bowl weekend. Coming in at second for the weekend was Weinstein Co.'s family film "Paddington," which took in $8.5 million for a cumulative total of $50.5 million.  For more box office coverage, go to latimes.com/companytown.