For the third weekend in a row, American Sniper is going to easily take the top spot at the box office. Even with the Super Bowl monopolizing attention on Sunday, Sniper should still easily add at least $30 million over the three-day period.

Among the weekend's new releases, found footage time travel movie Project Almanac should provide decent counterprogramming for teen moviegoers, while Black or White and The Loft will be lucky to earn a combined $10 million.

Through 13 days in wide release, American Sniper has already earned $213.4 million. This weekend, it expands to an additional 180 locations, which brings its total count to 3,885; that's a new record for an R-rated movie, ahead of the record that Sniper set last weekend.

On fantastic word-of-mouth, the movie dropped a very light 28 percent last weekend. With tough competition from the Super Bowl on Sunday, a similar drop this weekend is out of the question. Still, it's a pretty safe bet that it adds another $35-million-plus, which will rank among the Top 10 all-time for third weekends.

Project Almanac debuts at 2,893 theaters this weekend, and will almost certainly finish in second place (it's only going to take around $10 million to get there). It was originally scheduled for release last February under the title Almanac, before Paramount abruptly pulled the plug at the last minute. Ultimately, it settled in to this January 2015 date, and tacked Project on to the front of its title (which was itself a change from the original title, Welcome to Yesterday).




Forecast (January 30 - February 1)
1. American Sniper - $37.4 million (-42%)
2. Project Almanac - $16 million
3. Paddington - $7 million (-43%)
4. The Boy Next Door - $6.9 million (-53%)
-. Black or White - $6 million
-. The Loft - $2.7 million