Scarlett Johanson’s action-thriller (with a comic book like story) Lucy was number one this weekend with $44 million, beating Hercules based on Radical Publishing‘s comic by Steve Moore and Admira Wijaystarsa. Hercules brought in $29 million. The amount is a win for Lucy which was made for $40 million. Hercules, which cost about $100 million to make, earned $28.7 million over the weekend in 26 foreign markets.

With those two films topping the box office, the winner of the last two weekends, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes earned an additional $16.4 million to bring its domestic total to $172.1 million.

This coming weekend sees the opening of Guardians of the Galaxy, expect that to top the box office.

In other comic book movie related news the yearly grosses stand at:

Domestic Gross

1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier – $258.7 million
3. Transformers: Age of Extinction – $236.4 million
5. X-Men: Days of Future Past – $231.3 million
6. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – $202.1 million
7. Godzilla – $199.3 million
9. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – $172.1 million
16. Mr. Peabody & Sherman $111.3 million
17. 300: Rise of An Empire – $106.6 million
19. Edge of Tomorrow – $97.7 million
30. Robocop – $58.6 million
46. Hercules – $28.7 million
80. Snowpiercer – $3.9 million

Worldwide Gross

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction – $966.4 million
2. X-Men: Days of Future Past – $739.5 million
4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier – $713 million
5. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – $706.3 million
6. Godzilla – $498.3 million
11. Edge of Tomorrow – $359 million
12. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – $354 million
13. 300: Rise of An Empire – $331.1 million
16. Mr. Peabody & Sherman – $268.6 million
19. Robocop – $242.7 million
33. Snowpiercer – $85.5 million
47. Hercules – $57.7 million
159. We Are the Best! – $170,000