Guardians of the Galaxy Retakes the Top Box Office Spot

hr_Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_46After being knocked out of the top spot for the past two weeks by a bunch of turtles, Guardians of the Galaxy has returned to the top spot at the box office. In its fourth week, the film has earned an estimated $17.6 million. The film has now earned $251.88 million domestically.

In the third week of release Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles earned $16.8 million, bringing its domestic total to $145 million.

In other comic movies news Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For has debuted doa, winding up in eighth place with just $6.5 million for its first week. The film was projected at one point to debut with $15 million, so this is a disappointment. The original film opened with $29.6 million in 2005. This newest film cost $70 million compared to the first’s $48 million. Men made up 64% of the audience for the film, and 78% were under the age of 25.

Domestic Gross

1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier – $259.8 million
3. Guardians of the Galaxy – $251.9 million
4. Transformers: Age of Extinction – $243.8 million
6. X-Men: Days of Future Past – $232.8 million
7. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – $204 million
8. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – $202.9 million
9. Godzilla – $200.6 million
14. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – $145.6 million
19. Mr. Peabody & Sherman $111.5 million
20. 300: Rise of An Empire – $106.6 million
22. Edge of Tomorrow – $99.8 million
29. Hercules – $70 million
35. Robocop – $58.6 million
88. Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For – $6.5 million
93. Snowpiercer – $4.4 million

Worldwide Gross

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction – $1.065.1 billion
2. X-Men: Days of Future Past – $744.7 million
4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier – $714.1 million
5. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – $708.3 million
6. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – $554.9 million
8. Godzilla – $507.9 million
10. Guardians of the Galaxy – $489.5 million
12. Edge of Tomorrow – $364 million
14. 300: Rise of An Empire – $331.1 million
18. Mr. Peabody & Sherman – $268.8 million
20. Robocop – $242.7 million
21. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – $238.8 million
27. Hercules – $160.6 million
41. Snowpiercer – $86.4 million
108. Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For – $6.5 million
186. We Are the Best! – $177,000