"Fifty Shades of Grey" stayed on top of the box office.
Universal's erotic drama starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan earned $22.2 million at No. 1 in its second weekend at the box office. The total domestic haul for the adaptation of E.L. James' best-selling novel now stands at $129.1 million.
The action spy film "Kingsman: The Secret Service" and the family friendly "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" similarly maintained their respective No. 2 and No. 3 spots.
Fox's "Kingsman" grabbed $18.3 million, while Paramount's "SpongeBob" surfed away with $16.7 million.
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The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Sunday by Rentrak:
1. "Fifty Shades of Grey," Universal, $22,259,030, 3,655 locations, $6,090 average, $129,161,540, 2 weeks.
2. "Kingsman: The Secret Service," 20th Century Fox, $18,346,023, 3,266 locations, $5,617 average, $67,926,972, 2 weeks.