‘Lego Batman’ Producer Today. Treasury Secretary Tomorrow?

Steven Mnuchin had a great weekend.

Friday, the choice of the secretary of the Treasury took a step closer to confirmation.

Then his latest film won first place at the box office.

Mnuchin is the executive producer of Warner Bros. '"The Lego Batman Movie", which drew about $ 55.6 million from the American public during its opening weekend.

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The kid-friendly spin-off of "The Lego Movie" of 2014 easily beat its sizzling competitor, Universal "Fifty Shades Darker."

The 2015 "Fifty Shades of Gray" sequel, based on a series of best-selling love novels, debuted at $ 46.8 million in the United States.

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Mnuchin has been listed as a producer or executive producer on 34 films in recent years, including "Suicide Squad" last summer, which grossed $ 786 million worldwide.

He also produced "The Lego Ninjago Movie", another Lego franchise spin-off that will hit theaters this fall.

Mnuchin is expected to be the Secretary of the Treasury by then.

Last Friday, following a vote of 53 votes to 46 to break a democratic filibuster, Mnuchin must decide definitively at 7 p.m. before the Senate. Monday.

- Frank Pallotta of CNNoney and Ashley Killough of CNN contributed to this story.

CNNMoney (New York) First published February 12, 2017: 5:39 p.m. ET