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One critic considered the movie to turn the complicated moral morass and mass-bloodshed of the Iraq occupation into a black and white fairy tale, without presenting the historical context.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/american-sniper-is-almost-too-dumb-to-criticize-20150121#ixzz3PsK4QE4Q |title='American Sniper' is almost too dumb to criticize |last=Taibbi |first=Matt |publisher= Rolling Stone Magazine |date=21 Jan 2015 |accessdate=6 Feb 2015}}</ref>Another criticized the simplified portrayal of the Iraq war.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/jan/20/why-american-snipers-historical-dishonesty-misleads|title=Is American Sniper historically accurate? |last=Von Tunzelmann |first=Alex |publisher= The Guardian |date=20 Jan 2015 |accessdate=31 Jan 2015}}</ref> A cinematographer wrote that the film mutilated the classic ] into a destruction of evildoers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/02/04/the-sociopath-as-hero/ |title=The Sociopath as Hero |last=Edwards |first=Paul |publisher= CounterPunch |date=4 Feb 2015 |accessdate=6 Feb 2015}}</ref>
The ] said that the release of the movie coincided with increased threats against Arabs and Muslims.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/24/american-sniper-anti-muslim-threats_n_6537950.html|title='American Sniper' Triggers Flood Of Anti-Muslim Venom, Civil Rights Group Warns |last=Mosbergen |first=Dominique |publisher=The Huffington Post |date=24 Jan 2015 |accessdate=6 Feb 2015}}</ref> ], of ], considered the movie to turn the complicated moral morass and mass-bloodshed of the Iraq occupation into a black and white fairy tale, without presenting the historical context.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/american-sniper-is-almost-too-dumb-to-criticize-20150121#ixzz3PsK4QE4Q |title='American Sniper' is almost too dumb to criticize |last=Taibbi |first=Matt |publisher= Rolling Stone Magazine |date=21 Jan 2015 |accessdate=6 Feb 2015}}</ref> John Wight of ''] ''lamented that ''American Sniper'' depicted the Iraqi people as a dehumanized mass of savages, which the white man was in the process of civilizing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rt.com/op-edge/224507-american-sniper-movie-usa/ |title= Hollywood uses ‘American Sniper’ to destroy history & create myth |last=Wight |first=John |publisher=Russia Today |date=23 Jan 2015 |accessdate=6 Feb 2015}}</ref> ] of '']'' stated that the film distorts the truth, including that during Chris Kyle’s first tour in Iraq in 2003, there was no ] in Mesopotamia.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=13048 |title=American Sniper: Honoring a Fallen Hero or Whitewashing a Murderous Occupation? |last=Blumenthal |first=Max |publisher=The Real News |date=26 Jan 2015 |accessdate=6 Feb 2015}}</ref> ] of '']'' criticized the simplified black and white portrayal of the Iraq war, and the distortion of facts into unreliable myths based upon previous legends.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/jan/20/why-american-snipers-historical-dishonesty-misleads|title=Is American Sniper historically accurate? |last=Von Tunzelmann |first=Alex |publisher= The Guardian |date=20 Jan 2015 |accessdate=31 Jan 2015}}</ref> ] Ross Caputi criticized the ] of society’s celebratory reactions to Kyle and his story, despite its factual inaccuracies, and his participation in the destruction of the city of ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/American-Sniper-20150110-0019.html |title=American Sniper? |last=Caputi |first=Ross |publisher= Telesur |date=10 Jan 2015 |accessdate=31 Jan 2015}}</ref> David Masciotra of '']'' criticized the movie’s focus on physical rather than moral courage as the ultimate manly virtue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salon.com/2015/02/01/american_sniper_selma_and_the_macho_cowardice_of_chris_kyle_partner/ |title=Civil war at the cineplex: “American Sniper,” “Selma” and the battle over American masculinity |last=Masciotra |first=David |publisher= Salon |date=1 Feb 2015 |accessdate=2 Feb 2015}}</ref> ] Sniper Garett Reppenhagen stated that he did not view Iraqi civilians as savages, but as part of a friendly culture for which the movie has furthered ignorance, fear, and bigotry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salon.com/2015/02/01/i_was_an_american_sniper_and_chris_kyle%E2%80%99s_war_was_not_my_war/ |title=I was an American sniper, and Chris Kyle’s war was not my war |last=Reppenhagen |first=Garett |publisher= Salon |date=1 Feb 2015 |accessdate=2 Feb 2015}}</ref> Cinematographer ] wrote in '']'' that the film is dangerous due to mutilating the classic ] into a simplistic, brutal, and sadistic destruction of “evildoers”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/02/04/the-sociopath-as-hero/ |title=The Sociopath as Hero |last=Edwards |first=Paul |publisher= CounterPunch |date=4 Feb 2015 |accessdate=6 Feb 2015}}</ref> Several other articles have also been critical of the movie.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/killing_ragheads_for_jesus_20150125 |title= Killing Ragheads for Jesus |last=Hedges |first=Chris |publisher=Truthdig |date=25 Jan 2015 |accessdate=26 Jan 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/heres-the-faith-in-the-american-sniper-you-wont-see-in-the-film/2015/01/14/f7c33bd6-9c0a-11e4-86a3-1b56f64925f6_story.html |title=Here’s the faith in the ‘American Sniper’ you won’t see in the film |last=Pulliam Bailey |first=Sarah |publisher=The Washington Post |date=14 Jan 2015 |accessdate=1 Feb 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vox.com/2015/1/21/7641189/american-sniper-history |title=American Sniper is a dishonest whitewash of the Iraq war |last=Beauchamp |first=Zack |publisher=Vox |date=21 Jan 2015 |accessdate=28 Jan 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120763/american-sniper-clint-eastwood-biopic-misrepresents-chris-kyle|title=The Real 'American Sniper' Had No Remorse About the Iraqis He Killed |last=Jet |first=Dennis |publisher= New Republic |date=13 Jan 2015 |accessdate=31 Jan 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/30/a-short-history-of-sniper-cinema/ |title=From Psychopaths to American Hero? A Short History of Sniper Cinema |last=Alvarez |first=Max |publisher= Counterpunch |date=30 Jan 2015 |accessdate=31 Jan 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/trauma-hero-wilfred-owen-redeployment-american-sniper |title=The Trauma Hero: From Wilfred Owen to “Redeployment” and “American Sniper” |last=Scranton |first=Roy |publisher= Los Angeles Review Of Books |date=25 Jan 2015 |accessdate=8 Feb 2015}}</ref>


Responding to critics, Eastwood called ''American Sniper'' "the biggest anti-war statement any film can make," and said that "the fact of what does to the family and the people who have to go back into civilian life like Chris Kyle did" and “what it (war) does to the people left behind.” He stated: "One of my favorite war movies that I’ve been involved with is '']'' and that was about family, about being taken away from life, being sent someplace. In World War II, everybody just sort of went home and got over it. Now there is some effort to help people through it."<ref>{{cite news|last=Kilday|first=Gregg|title=Clint Eastwood on 'American Sniper's' "Biggest Antiwar Statement"|url=https://www.yahoo.com/movies/clint-eastwood-on-american-snipers-biggest-109039032327.html|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 24, 2015}}</ref> He also said: "I was a child growing up during ]. That was supposed to be the one to end all wars. And four years later, I was standing at the ] being drafted during the ], and then after that there was Vietnam, and it goes on and on forever ... I just wonder ... does this ever stop? And no, it doesn’t. So each time we get in these conflicts, it deserves a lot of thought before we go wading in or wading out. Going in or coming out. It needs a better thought process, I think."<ref>{{cite news|last=Howell|first=Peter|title=Think before you shoot, Clint Eastwood says of war: interview|url=http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2015/01/13/think_before_you_shoot_clint_eastwood_says_of_war_interview.html|newspaper=The Star|date=January 16, 2015}}</ref> Responding to critics, Eastwood called ''American Sniper'' an anti-war statement and said that the family and the film depicted people who have to go back into civilian life as well as families that must adjust to their returning soldiers.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kilday|first=Gregg|title=Clint Eastwood on 'American Sniper's' "Biggest Antiwar Statement"|url=https://www.yahoo.com/movies/clint-eastwood-on-american-snipers-biggest-109039032327.html|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 24, 2015}}</ref>


] stated that much of the criticism ignores that the film was about widespread neglect of returning veterans, and that people who take issue with Kyle should redirect their attention to the leaders who put troops there in the first place. He said: “We looked at hopefully igniting attention about the lack of care that goes to vets. Discussion that has nothing to do with vets or what we did or did not do, every conversation in those terms is moving farther and farther from what our soldiers go through, and the fact that 22 veterans commit suicide each day.” Cooper noted that an increasing number of soldiers are returning from conflict psychologically damaged, only to be more or less discarded.<ref>{{cite news|last=Buckley|first=Cara|title=Bradley Cooper Says ‘American Sniper’ Debate Ignores Plight of Veterans |url=http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/02/bradley-cooper-says-american-sniper-debate-ignores-plight-of-veterans/?_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 2, 2015}}</ref> ] stated that much of the criticism ignores that the film was about widespread neglect of returning veterans, and that people who take issue with Kyle should redirect their attention to the leaders who put troops there in the first place. Cooper noted that an increasing number of soldiers are returning from conflict psychologically damaged, only to be more or less discarded.<ref>{{cite news|last=Buckley|first=Cara|title=Bradley Cooper Says ‘American Sniper’ Debate Ignores Plight of Veterans |url=http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/02/bradley-cooper-says-american-sniper-debate-ignores-plight-of-veterans/?_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 2, 2015}}</ref>


First Lady ] and Former ] vice presidential nominee ] also spoke out in support of the movie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/30/remarks-first-lady-got-your-six-screenwriters-event-conversation-power-t|title=Remarks by the First Lady at Got Your Six Screenwriters Event - Conversation on the Power of Telling Veterans' Stories|work=WhiteHouse.gov|date=30 January 2015|accessdate=31 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://variety.com/2015/film/news/first-lady-michelle-obama-offers-praise-for-american-sniper-1201419881/|title=First Lady Michelle Obama Offers Praise for ‘American Sniper’|work=]|date=30 January 2015|accessdate=31 January 2015}}</ref><ref>, Ahiza Garcia, January 21, 2015, '']''</ref> First Lady ] and Former ] vice presidential nominee ] also spoke out in support of the movie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/30/remarks-first-lady-got-your-six-screenwriters-event-conversation-power-t|title=Remarks by the First Lady at Got Your Six Screenwriters Event - Conversation on the Power of Telling Veterans' Stories|work=WhiteHouse.gov|date=30 January 2015|accessdate=31 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://variety.com/2015/film/news/first-lady-michelle-obama-offers-praise-for-american-sniper-1201419881/|title=First Lady Michelle Obama Offers Praise for ‘American Sniper’|work=]|date=30 January 2015|accessdate=31 January 2015}}</ref><ref>, Ahiza Garcia, January 21, 2015, '']''</ref>

On February 2, 2015, exactly two years after Kyle was killed, ] ] declared the day to be "Chris Kyle Day" in his honor.<ref>Holley, Peter (February 2, 2015) - . ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved February 7, 2015.</ref><ref>Associated Press (January 30, 2015) - . ''U.S. News & World Report''. Retrieved February 7, 2015.</ref><ref>Howell, Kellan (January 30, 2015) - . ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 7, 2015.</ref>


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2014 American film
American Sniper
Chris Kyle is wearing desert fatigues army outfit, his wife Taya embraces him. They are standing in front of a tattered US flag.Theatrical release poster
Directed byClint Eastwood
Written byJason Hall
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTom Stern
Edited by
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • November 11, 2014 (2014-11-11) (AFI Fest)
  • December 25, 2014 (2014-12-25) (limited release)
  • January 16, 2015 (2015-01-16) (worldwide release)
Running time132 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$58.8 million
Box office$361.3 million

American Sniper is a 2014 American biographical war drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Jason Hall. It is based on the book American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle, with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. With 255 kills, 160 of which were officially confirmed by the Department of Defense, Kyle is the deadliest marksman in U.S. military history. The film stars Bradley Cooper as Kyle and Sienna Miller as his wife Taya, with Luke Grimes, Kyle Gallner, Sam Jaeger, Jake McDorman and Cory Hardrict in supporting roles.

The world premiere was on November 11, 2014, at the American Film Institute Festival, followed by a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 25, 2014 and a wide release on January 16, 2015. The film was a huge financial success at the box office setting numerous box office records. It is currently the highest-grossing war film in North America, the third highest-grossing film of 2014 in North America as well as Eastwood's most successful film to date.

The film received positive reviews from critics, but has faced criticism from other writers for its controversial portrayal of Kyle. At the 87th Academy Awards, American Sniper received six nominations, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Cooper.

Plot

Growing up in Texas, Chris Kyle's father teaches him how to hunt deer and shoot a rifle. Years later, Kyle is a rodeo cowboy when he sees news coverage of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings and decides to enlist in the U.S. Navy, where he is eventually accepted for SEAL training, becoming a U.S. Navy SEAL sniper.

Kyle meets Taya Renae at a bar, they marry, and he is sent to Iraq after the September 11 attacks of 2001. His first kills are of a woman and boy who attacked U.S. Marines with a grenade. Kyle is visibly upset by the experience, but earns the nickname "Legend" for his many kills. He is assigned to hunt for the al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. During house-to-house searches in evacuated areas, Kyle interrogates a family and for $100,000 the father offers to lead the SEALs to "The Butcher", second-in-command to al-Zarqawi, and whose favorite torture device is a drill. The plan goes awry when The Butcher captures the father and son and kills them while Kyle is pinned down by a sniper using an SVD. Meanwhile, the insurgents issue a bounty on Kyle.

Kyle returns home to his wife and the birth of his son. He is distracted by memories of his war experiences, and argues with Taya over bootleg footage of U.S. Marines shot dead by enemy sniper "savages." Taya expresses her concern for them as a couple and wishes Kyle would focus on his home and family.

Kyle leaves for a second tour, promoted to Chief Petty Officer. He is involved in a shoot out with The Butcher who is located operating out of a ground floor restaurant.

Kyle returns home from his second tour to a newborn daughter, and he is increasingly distant from his family. On his third tour, a unit member is seriously injured by the Dragunov sniper and the unit is evacuated back to base. The unit decides to return to the field and continue the mission. Another SEAL is killed by gunfire, compelling Kyle with guilt and duty to undertake a fourth tour. Taya does not understand his decision, tells him she needs him, and for a moment, implies that they should stay apart.

On tour four, the SVD-using expert insurgent sniper is identified as "Mustafa", and Kyle is assigned to take him out. Mustafa has been sniping U.S. Army combat engineers building a barricade. Kyle's sniper team is placed on a rooftop inside enemy territory. Kyle spots Mustafa and takes him out with a risky long distance shot at 2100 yards (1920 meters), (the 8th longest sniper kill ever recorded), but exposes his team's position to a large number of armed insurgents. In the midst of the firefight and low on ammunition, Kyle calls Taya and tells her he is ready to come home. A sandstorm provides cover for their chaotic escape in which Kyle is injured and almost left behind.

Kyle returns home, on edge and unable to adjust fully to civilian life. He tells a Veterans Affairs psychiatrist he is "haunted by all the guys he couldn't save." The psychiatrist encourages him to help wounded veterans in the VA hospital. Kyle meets veterans who suffered severe injuries, coaches them at a shooting range in the woods, and gradually begins to adjust to home life.

Years later, on February 2, 2013, Kyle, playful and happy, says goodbye to his wife and family as he leaves to spend time with a veteran at a shooting range. On-screen subtitles reveal: "Kyle was killed that day by a veteran he was trying to help," followed by stock footage of thousands of people standing in line along the highway for his funeral procession. Thousands more are shown attending his memorial service at Cowboys Stadium.

Cast

Production

Chris Kyle in 2012

On May 24, 2012, it was announced that Warner Bros. had acquired the rights to the book with Bradley Cooper set to produce and star in the screen adaptation. Cooper had thought of Chris Pratt to play Kyle but WB agreed to buy it only if Cooper would star. September 2012, David O. Russell stated that he was interested in directing the film. On May 2, 2013, it was announced that Steven Spielberg would direct. Spielberg had read Kyle's book, though he desired to have a more psychological conflict present in the screenplay so an "enemy sniper" character can serve as the insurgent sharpshooter who was trying to track down and kill Kyle. Spielberg's ideas contributed to the development of a lengthy screenplay approaching 160 pages. Due to Warner Bros.' budget constraints, Spielberg felt he could not bring his vision of the story to the screen. On August 5, 2013, Spielberg dropped out of directing. On August 21, 2013, it was reported that Clint Eastwood would instead direct the film.

Casting

On March 14, 2014, Sienna Miller joined the cast. On March 16, 2014, Kyle Gallner was cast and March 18, 2014, Cory Hardrict was cast in the film. On March 20, 2014, Navid Negahban, Eric Close, Eric Ladin, Rey Gallegos, and Jake McDorman also joined the cast, as did Luke Grimes and Sam Jaeger on March 25, 2014. Kevin Lacz, a former Navy SEAL, was also cast and served as a technical advisor. Another former Navy SEAL, Joel Lambert, also joined the film, portraying a Delta sniper. On June 3, Max Charles was added to the cast to portray Kyle's son, Colton Kyle.

Filming

Principal photography began on March 31, 2014 in Los Angeles; it was also partly shot in Morocco. On April 23, the Los Angeles Times reported that ten days of filming set in an Afghan village was set to begin at the Blue Cloud Movie Ranch in the Santa Clarita area. On May 7, shooting of the film was spotted around El Centro; a milk factory was used as the abandoned date factory which insurgents close in on from all directions at the climax of the film. Later on May 14, Cooper was spotted filming some scenes in Culver City, California, and then he followed by shooting scenes again in Los Angeles on May 16. On May 30, Cooper and Miller were spotted during the filming of their characters' wedding scenes; they were filming aboard a yacht in Marina del Rey. On June 3, Cooper was spotted in the uniform of a Navy SEAL marksman aiming during the filming of some scenes at a Los Angeles shooting range. The pier and bar scenes were filmed in Seal Beach, California.

Cinematographer Tom Stern shot the film with Arri Alexa XT digital cameras and Panavision C-, E- and G-Series anamorphic lenses. The film is Eastwood's second to be shot digitally, after Jersey Boys.

Music

There is no "Music by" credit on this film. Composer and music editor Joseph S. DeBeasi is credited as composer of additional music, and Clint Eastwood, who has composed the scores for most of his films since Mystic River (2004), is credited as the composer of "Taya's theme". The film also features the song Someone Like You by Van Morrison, which plays during the wedding scene.

Reception

Box office

"The movie has become a cultural phenomenon...It tore apart the record book and not by a little. By an enormous amount."

Dan Fellman, head of domestic distribution at Warner Bros., commenting on the film's massive box office success.

As of February 8, 2015, American Sniper had grossed $282,265,000 in North America and $79,000,000 in other territories for a worldwide total of $361,265,000, against a budget of $60 million. This is Eastwood's highest-grossing film to date. It is also the highest-grossing war film in North America unadjusted for inflation. However, on an adjusted basis it stands behind Saving Private Ryan ($379 million) and Pearl Harbor ($291 million).

Premiere and limited release

American Sniper premiered at the AFI Fest on November 11, 2014, just after a screening of Selma at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles. In North America, the film opened to a limited release on December 25, 2014, playing at four theaters — two in New York, one in Los Angeles, and one in Dallas — and earned $610,000 in its opening weekend ($850,000 including Christmas Day) at an average of $152,500 per venue debuting at #22. The following week the film earned $676,909 playing at the same number of locations at an average of $169,277 per theater, which is the second-biggest weekend average ever for a live-action movie (previously held by 2001's Moulin Rouge!). American Sniper holds the record for the most entries in the top 20 Top Weekend Theater Averages with 3 entries. It earned a total of $3.4 million from limited release in three weekends.

Wide release

Fandango reported that the film accounted for more than 70% of their pre-ticket sales. The film was also outselling 2013's Lone Survivor, a similar war drama based film. Preliminary reports indicated that the film could open to $45 million to $50 million over the four-day Martin Luther King weekend. Following the announcement that the film was nominated for six Oscars at the 87th Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best actor for Cooper), critics raised their projection to a $55—$61 million three day opening and a $70+ million four day opening.

The film began its wide debut across North American theaters on January 16, 2015 (Thursday night showings began at 7:00 pm). It set an all-time highest Thursday night opening record for a R-rated drama with $5.3 million (previously held by Lone Survivor with $1.9 million). The film topped the box office on its opening day grossing $30.5 million (including Thursday previews) from 3,555 theaters setting January records for both biggest debut opening (previously held by Cloverfield) and single-day gross (previously held by Avatar). In its traditional three-day opening the film earned $89.2 million which was double than expected and broke the record for the largest January opening (previously held by Ride Along with $41.5 million) and the largest winter opening, which is also Eastwood's top opening as a director surpassing Gran Torino's $29.5 million opening. The three-day opening is also the biggest opening weekend for a drama film (previously held by The Passion of the Christ with $83 million), the second biggest debut for a Best Picture Oscar nominee (behind Toy Story 3 with $109 million), the second biggest debut for an R-rated film (behind The Matrix Reloaded with $91.8 million), and the second biggest for a non-comic book, non-fantasy/sci-fi film (behind Fast and Furious 6 with $97.3 million). It also set an IMAX opening record with $10.6 million setting record for a January IMAX weekend (previously held by Avatar in its fourth weekend) and an R-rated IMAX debut record (previously held by Prometheus). It earned $107.2 million during its four-day Martin Luther King weekend setting a record for the biggest R-rated four day gross.

In its second weekend, the film expanded to 3,705 theaters making it the widest launch for an R-rated movie. It grossed an estimated $64.6 million in its second weekend, declining only by 28%—and set the record for the second-best hold ever for a movie opening to more than $85 million and also set the record for the eight largest second-weekend gross. In just 10 days of release, the film surpassed Pearl Harbor ($198.5 million) to became the second highest-grossing war film in North America. By its second weekend, Box Office Mojo had already reported that the film was on poise to become the highest-grossing film of 2014 in North America, a record that is currently held by The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 ($334 million), judging from its gradual decline and strong holdovers. It became the highest-grossing IMAX film of January grossing $18.8 million from 333 IMAX theaters. On Thursday, January 29, 2015 — 35 days after its initial release, the film surpassed Saving Private Ryan ($216.5 million) to become the highest-grossing war film in North America, unadjusted for inflation.

By its third weekend of wide release, the film expanded to 3,885 theaters (180 additional theaters added), breaking its own record of being the widest R-rated film ever released. The film topped the box office through its third weekend earning $30.66 million which is the second highest Super Bowl weekend gross (behind Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert's $31.1 million gross).

Other territories

In Italy, the film was released on December 31, 2014 and earned $6.72 million (Dealine reported $7.1 million) in its opening weekend.

For the weekend of January 16, 2015, the film expanded in to seven new markets and earned an estimated $9.3 million. This includes $3.8 million in United Kingdom, which is Clint Eastwood's biggest debut ever in that region, $1.2 million in South Korea and $291,149 in New Zealand. Australia opened with $4 million ($4.3 million including previews).

For the three day weekend of January 30, 2015, the film added $11.1 million, which brings its total to $67.3 million in other territories till date.

Critical response

American Sniper received positive response from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a "Certified Fresh" rating of 73%, based on 210 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The site's consensus states, "Powered by Clint Eastwood's sure-handed direction and a gripping central performance from Bradley Cooper, American Sniper delivers a tense, vivid tribute to its real-life subject." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 72 out of 100, based on reviews from 48 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". In CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, cinema audiences gave American Sniper a rare grade of A+ on an A+ to F scale.

Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "A taut, vivid and sad account of the brief life of the most accomplished marksman in American military annals, American Sniper feels very much like a companion piece—in subject, theme and quality—to The Hurt Locker." Justin Chang of Variety gave the film a positive review, saying "Hard-wiring the viewer into Kyle’s battle-scarred psyche thanks to an excellent performance from a bulked-up Bradley Cooper, this harrowing and intimate character study offers fairly blunt insights into the physical and psychological toll exacted on the front lines, yet strikes even its familiar notes with a sobering clarity that finds the 84-year-old filmmaker in very fine form." David Denby of The New Yorker gave the film a positive review, saying "Both a devastating war movie and a devastating antiwar movie, a subdued celebration of a warrior's skill and a sorrowful lament over his alienation and misery." Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C+, saying "The film's just a repetition of context-free combat missions and one-dimensional targets." Elizabeth Weitzman of New York Daily News gave the film four out of five stars, saying "The best movies are ever-shifting, intelligent and open-hearted enough to expand alongside an audience. American Sniper, Clint Eastwood's harrowing meditation on war, is built on this foundation of uncommon compassion." Amy Nicholson of LA Weekly gave the film a C-, saying "Cautiously, Eastwood has chosen to omit Kyle's self-mythologizing altogether, which is itself a distortion of his character. We're not watching a biopic." Kyle Smith of the New York Post gave the film four out of five stars, saying "After 40 years of Hollywood counterpropaganda telling us war is necessarily corrupting and malign, its ablest practitioners thugs, loons or victims, American Sniper nobly presents the case for the other side."

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "Bradley Cooper, as Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, and director Eastwood salute Kyle's patriotism best by not denying its toll. Their targets are clearly in sight, and their aim is true." Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club gave the film a B, saying "American Sniper is imperfect and at times a little corny, but also ambivalent and complicated in ways that are uniquely Eastwoodian." James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "American Sniper lifts director Clint Eastwood out of the doldrums that have plagued his last few films." Rafer Guzman of Newsday gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Cooper nails the role of an American killing machine in Clint Eastwood's clear-eyed look at the Iraq War." Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review, saying "Eastwood's impeccably crafted action sequences so catch us up in the chaos of combat we are almost not aware that we're watching a film at all." Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film three out of four stars, saying "It's clearly Cooper's show. Substantially bulked up and affecting a believable Texas drawl, Cooper embodies Kyle's confidence, intensity and vulnerability." Joshua Rothkopf of Time Out New York gave the film four out of five stars, saying "Just as only Nixon could go to China, only Clint Eastwood could make a movie about an Iraq War veteran and infuse it with doubts, mission anxiety and ruination." Inkoo Kang of The Wrap gave the film a negative review, saying "Director Clint Eastwood‘s focus on Kyle is so tight that no other character, including wife Taya (Sienna Miller), comes through as a person, and the scope so narrow that the film engages only superficially with the many moral issues surrounding the Iraq War."

Controversies

One critic considered the movie to turn the complicated moral morass and mass-bloodshed of the Iraq occupation into a black and white fairy tale, without presenting the historical context.Another criticized the simplified portrayal of the Iraq war. A cinematographer wrote that the film mutilated the classic hero's journey into a destruction of evildoers.

Responding to critics, Eastwood called American Sniper an anti-war statement and said that the family and the film depicted people who have to go back into civilian life as well as families that must adjust to their returning soldiers.

Bradley Cooper stated that much of the criticism ignores that the film was about widespread neglect of returning veterans, and that people who take issue with Kyle should redirect their attention to the leaders who put troops there in the first place. Cooper noted that an increasing number of soldiers are returning from conflict psychologically damaged, only to be more or less discarded.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin also spoke out in support of the movie.

Accolades

List of awards and nominations
Award / Film festival Category Recipients Result
Academy Awards Best Picture Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper, Peter Morgan Pending
Best Actor Bradley Cooper Pending
Best Adapted Screenplay Jason Hall Pending
Best Film Editing Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach Pending
Best Sound Editing Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman Pending
Best Sound Mixing John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin Pending
Art Directors Guild Awards Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film James J. Murakami, Charisse Cardenas Nominated
ACE Eddie Awards Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach Nominated
American Film Institute Awards 2014 Top Ten Films of the Year Won
British Academy Film Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Jason Hall Nominated
Best Sound Walt Martin, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman Nominated
Cinema Audio Society Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action Walt Martin, Gregg Rudloff, John Reitz, Robert Fernandez, Thomas J. O’Connell, James Ashwell Pending
Critics' Choice Award Best Action Movie American Sniper Nominated
Best Actor in an Action Movie Bradley Cooper Won
Denver Film Critics Society Best Picture American Sniper Won
Best Director Clint Eastwood Nominated
Best Actor Bradley Cooper (tied with Ralph Fiennes in The Grand Budapest Hotel) Won
Best Supporting Actress Sienna Miller Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Jason Hall Nominated
Best Cinematography Tom Stern Nominated
Directors Guild of America Award Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Clint Eastwood Nominated
Iowa Film Critics Best Movie Yet to Open in Iowa American Sniper (tied with A Most Violent Year) Won
MPSE Golden Reel Awards Feature English Language - Effects/Foley Bub Asman, Alan Robert Murray Pending
National Board of Review Top Ten Film Won
Best Director Clint Eastwood Won
Producers Guild of America Awards Best Theatrical Motion Picture Bradley Cooper, Clint Eastwood, Andrew Lazar, Robert Lorenz, Peter Morgan Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Jason Hall Pending

See also

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