Summer is over, but Hollywood’s disappointing summer movie season continued this weekend, with the only new film failing to crack the top 10.
“Guardians Of The Galaxy” was No. 1 again, in its sixth week of exhibition, with a comparatively-weak $10.2 million in weekend sales. On the positive side, “Guardians” has now surpassed $294 million domestically and $586 million globally for Disney and its Marvel Comics brand.
The remake of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” was second, with a projected $6.5 million in weekend sales, according to studio estimates gathered by Rentrak, an industry tracking company. “Turtles” is in its fifth week of showing and has $174.6 million in the till domestically.
“If I Stay” showed staying power, with $5.8 million in weekend sales and $39.7 million accumulated over three weeks.
The only debut to make the charts this weekend was “The Identical,” which opened in 11th place with $1.9 million in gross sales.
Rounding out the top 10 movies, judged by ticket sales estimates from the U.S. and Canada over the three-day weekend, were “Let’s Be Cops” ($5.4 million), “The November Man” ($4.2 million), “As Above, So Below” ($3.7 million), “When The Game Stands Tall” ($3.7 million), “The Giver” ($3.6 million), “The Hundred-Foot Journey” ($3.2 million) and “Lucy” ($1.9 million).
— City News Service
