Thats after taking in combined $16.6 million Wednesday and Thursday, its first two days of release.

Although movie critics have not been kind to the threequel, moviegoers gave it an A-minus CinemaScore.

The latter figure works out to a robust per-theater average of $55,000.

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According to ComScore, overall box office is down 2.6 percent year-to-date.

Check out the Dec. 22-24 figures below.

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