DHAKA: The 3-D animated ‘Mr. Peabody And Sherman’, a comedy about a hyper-intelligent, time-traveling dog and his adopted boy, took in an estimated $21.2 million in ticket sales in its second weekend, falling 34 percent as predicted by its studio.

Xinhua reported, says zeenews.india.com

To date, the kid-friendly film distributed by 20th Century Fox has grossed $63.2 million in 10 days in North America.

Last week’s champion ‘300: Rise Of An Empire’ plummeted 58 percent to $19.1 million.

The first ‘300’ had dropped 54 percent in its second weekend. So far, the sequel has collected $78.3 million.

This week’s debut ‘Need For Speed’, which is based on a video game that has sold more than 140 million copies, opened in third place with $17.8 million in sales at 3,115 locations.

3D theaters accounted for 43 percent of this 66 million Dream Works Pictures’ revenue.

The audience gave the movie a ‘B+’ CinemaScore. Only 24 percent of critics show thumb-up to it from Rotten Tomatoes.

BDST: 1322 HRS, MAR 17, 2014