LOS ANGELES — Action-packed new releases couldn’t stack up to 3-D hit “The Lego Movie,” which took the No. 1 slot in its third weekend at the box office.

The Warner Bros. animated film bested Relativity Media’s “3 Days to Kill” and Sony’s “Pompeii” on their opening weekends.

“The Lego Movie,” has now passed $183 million in domestic earnings.

Heading into full-fledged franchise territory with a sequel set in 2017, “The Lego Movie” is the highest-grossing film of 2014.

“Pompeii got savaged by critics,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak. “‘3 Days to Kill’ wasn’t loved by critics either, so you had two films that didn’t have a shot at taking ‘Lego’ out. But these movies did about what we would expect.”

Sales totals:

1.“The Lego Movie,” $31.5 million

2.“3 Days to Kill,” $12.3 million

3. “Pompeii,” $10 million

4. “RoboCop,” $9.4 million

5. “The Monuments Men,” $8.1 million

6. “About Last Night,” $7.4 million

7.“Ride Along,” $4.7 million

8. “Frozen,” $4.4 million

9. “Endless Love,” $4.3 million

10. “Winter’s Tale,” $2.1 million.