US box office report 8th August: No stopping the Ninja Turtles at the US box office

By Robert Hyde • Published: 11th August 2014 • Total Views: 1157

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14 years after their first appearance on the big screen the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back and dominating the box office.

In a surprise move the Turtles stormed the box office beating expectation and knocking last weeks top film Guardians of the Galaxy from the top spot.

The Turtles took a $65 million (including Thursday night previews) over it's debut weekend, making it one of the biggest August debuts, it's a boon a good year for August debuts with Guardians breaking the record last week.

Guardians of the Galaxy fell to number 2 this week, taking $42 million for the weekend it has not made $176 million in the US after 2 weeks of release.

Also hitting the US box office are: - Into The Storm - number 3 with $18 million - The Hundred-Foot Journey - at number 4 with $11 million - Step up 5 All In - number 6 with $6.5 million

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