"Guardians of the Galaxy" continues its impressive box-office run by returning to the top this weekend with a solid $17.6 million gross that surpassed the week's new releases. Marvel's newest sci-fi adventure is followed closely by the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" reboot which took in $16.8 million over the weekend and is enjoying a solid run with over $200 million grossed worldwide.
The teen melodrama "If I Stay" starring Chloe Grace Moretz enjoyed a great opening weekend by grossing $16.3 million and managed to rank third behind the Guardians and the Turtles. The film only cost $11 million, so it has already turned a profit.
The biggest disappointment of the weekend is Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's sequel "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" which despite being a follow up to a ground-breaking hit and featuring an all-star cast, failed to make an impression and opened eighth with a poor $6.4 million 3-day total.
On a slightly more positive note, the true story sports drama "When the Game Stands Tall" starring Jim Caviezel managed to take fifth place in its first weekend with $9 million versus a $15 million budget. While the result can't be described as an overwhelming success, it's a solid foundation for the inspirational drama which despite poor critical reviews seems to have found its target audience and is looking to improve its numbers next week.
New Wide Releases: "Sin City: A Dame To Kill For", "When The Game Stands Tall", "If I Stay".
Biggest Drop : "The Expendables 3" (-58%)
Smallest Drop : "The Hundred-Foot Journey" (-22%)
Biggest Drop : "The Expendables 3" (-58%)
Smallest Drop : "The Hundred-Foot Journey" (-22%)
| Rank | Title | Weekend | Domestic | Foreign | Budget | Days |
1
|
Guardians of the Galaxy
|
$17.6M
|
$251M
|
$237M
|
$170M
|
24
|
2
|
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
|
$16.8M
|
$145M
|
$93M
|
$125M
|
17
|
3
|
If I Stay
|
$16.3M
|
$16.3M
|
N/A
|
$11M
|
3
|
4
|
Let's Be Cops
|
$11M
|
$45M
|
$0.6M
|
$17M
|
12
|
5
|
When the Game Stands Tall
|
$9M
|
$9M
|
N/A
|
$15M
|
3
|
6
|
The Giver
|
$6.7M
|
$24M
|
$0.1M
|
$25M
|
10
|
7
|
The Expendables 3
|
$6.6M
|
$27M
|
$21M
|
N/A
|
10
|
8
|
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
|
$6.4M
|
$6.4M
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
3
|
9
|
The Hundred-Foot Journey
|
$5.5M
|
$32M
|
N/A
|
$22M
|
17
|
10
|
Into the Storm
|
$3.8M
|
$38M
|
$18M
|
$50M
|
17
|
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