Los Angeles (AFP) - "American Sniper" remained firmly atop the North American box office this weekend to cement its status as the highest-grossing war movie of all time, industry data showed Monday. The Clint Eastwood-directed drama has shrugged off rumbling controversies to surpass Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" as the most successful war film ever made, inching past the 1998 movie's record haul of $216.5 million. Eastwood's movie, loosely based on the life of Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in US military history, has divided critics who have accused it of presenting a simplistic black-and-white view of the Iraq War. "American Sniper" -- which has been nominated for six Academy Awards -- has now set its sights on another box-office record, aiming to become the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time.
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