‘American Sniper’ now ranks as No. 1 war movie at the box office

The war movie milestone is significant.

Critically-acclaimed movies set in Iraq, like “The Hurt Locker,” and other post-9/11 features like “Zero Dark Thirty,” earned just a fraction of what “Sniper” has earned to date.

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