--- description: American Sniper led the American box office for a second straight weekend and became the second highest-earning war film of all time. title: American Sniper Box Office: Film Soars as Johnny Depp Falters image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a5d31489c1a41a4/69877b84cd1bba73926f4cfb/mo_d22_03859_r.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _American Sniper_ Shoots Down Records as Johnny Depp Flops  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jan 25, 2015 5:45 PM CUT  Gywneth Paltrow and Johnny Depp in Mortdecai Gywneth Paltrow and Johnny Depp in MortdecaiDavid Appleby—Lionsgate  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jan 25, 2015 5:45 PM CUT _American Sniper_ [led the American box office](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-american-sniper-hits-765695 "undefined") for a second straight weekend, becoming the second highest-earning war film of all time in the U.S. The Oscar-nominated movie earned $64 million this weekend, according to the Hollywood _Reporter_, bringing its total earnings to more than $200 million. That’s about 50 times more than Johnny Depp’s critically mauled comedy _Mortdecai_ [managed to rake in](http://popwatch.ew.com/2015/01/25/johnny-depp-mortdecai-aftermath/?hootPostID=37efc1488da8c586ff52004c8caf501a "undefined") at the box office in its opening weekend, with a humbling $4 million in domestic returns. The display is a low point in a [string of failures](http://popwatch.ew.com/2015/01/25/johnny-depp-mortdecai-aftermath/ "undefined") for the actor. It was the worst opening for Depp in more than a decade. _American Sniper,_ directed by Clint Eastwood, was released in select theaters in 2014 before expanding nationwide in January. In addition to its popular success, it’s been widely praised by critics and has been nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture. Critics [haven’t been quite so kind](http://time.com/3679569/mortdecai-critics-reviews/ "undefined") to _Mortdecai_. “It’s hard to think of a way in which the experience of watching the new Johnny Depp film could be any worse, unless you returned home afterwards to discover that Depp himself had popped round while you were out and set fire to your house,” [wrote](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/11356689/Mortdecai-review-psychotically-unfunny.html "undefined") The _Telegraph_‘s Robbie Collin. \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-american-sniper-hits-765695 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3681645/johnny-depp-american-sniper/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3681645/johnny-depp-american-sniper/"},"headline":"American Sniper Shoots Down Records as Johnny Depp Flops","datePublished":"2015-01-25T17:45:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:51:24.061Z","description":"Eastwood movie passes $200 million mark, as Mortdecai stutters out of the gate","url":"https://time.com/3681645/johnny-depp-american-sniper/","keywords":["movies","Box-office","Clint Eastwood","Johnny Depp","American Sniper"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a5d31489c1a41a4/69877b84cd1bba73926f4cfb/mo_d22_03859_r.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a5d31489c1a41a4/69877b84cd1bba73926f4cfb/mo_d22_03859_r.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"MO_D22_03859.NEF","caption":"MO_D22_03859.NEF","creditText":"David Appleby—Lionsgate","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3681645/johnny-depp-american-sniper/","name":"American Sniper Shoots Down Records as Johnny Depp Flops"}}]}] ```