'American Sniper' Tops Box Office Record for Super Bowl Weekend
"American Sniper" earned $31.9 million at the box office this weekend.
— -- "American Sniper" is topping more box office records with each passing weekend.
The Oscar-nominated film brought in $31.9 million over the past two days -- the most a movie has ever earned during Super Bowl weekend -- according to the Associated Press.
But the records don't stop there.
The Iraq war film has now taken in $248.9 million in six weeks, the AP reports, making it the top-grossing war-themed movie ever, not accounting for inflation. This was a record previously held by "Saving Private Ryan."
"American Sniper" stars Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL who was killed at a Texas gun range in 2013, allegedly by a former Marine he was trying to help. Kyle, who served four tours in Iraq, was considered the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history. Kyle also helped found a veterans organization and wrote a best-selling autobiography.
"American Sniper" is up for six Academy Awards, including best picture and best actor.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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