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Guardians of the Galaxy has retained the number one position at the US box office for the second week in a row.

With weekend earnings of $16,313,000, the Marvel film’s total gross now stands at just over $274m, while Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at second place earned $11,750,000, bringing its total to $162m.

Chloë Grace Moretz’s If I Stay remains at number three in its second week, taking more than $9m, while John Erick Dowdle’s Parisian horror As Above, So Below is new at number four with $8m.

Comedy Let’s Be Cops is down one place to five, while Pierce Brosnan spy thriller The November Man is new in sixth place.

When the Game Stands Tall is down two places to seven, while The Giver has dropped one spot to eight.

The Hundred-Foot Journey and The Expendables 3 round out the top ten, at nine and ten respectfully.

Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For continues its dismal run, dropping out of the top 10 into 14th place in its second week, with a total gross of $10,766,000.

1. (1) Guardians of the Galaxy – $16,313,000
2. (2) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – $11,750,000
3. (3) If I Stay – $9,260,000
4. (-) As Above/So Below – $8,342,000
5. (4) Let’s Be Cops – $8,200,000
6. (-) The November Man – $7,660,000
7. (5) When The Game Stands Tall – $5,253,000
8. (-) The Giver – $6,477,000
9. (9) The Hundred-Foot Journey – $4,603,000
10. (6) The Expendables 3 – $3,500,000

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Guardians of the Galaxy has reclaimed the number one position at the US box office.

Marvel’s space adventure was originally knocked off the top spot by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles two weeks ago, but returns to number one in its fourth week in theatres.

With weekend earnings of $17m, the James Gunn directed film’s total gross now stands at just over $251m, while Paramount’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles‘ $16m brings its total to $145m.

Chloë Grace Moretz’s If I Stay debuts at number three, taking a little over $16m, while cop comedy Let’s Be Cops falls down one place to fourth with $11m.

When the Game Stands Tall rounds off the top five in its debut week, followed by The Giver in sixth place with a weekend gross of $6.7m.

The Expendables 3 drops down three places in its second week, landing at number seven with weekend earnings of $6m.

The long-awaited Sin City: A Dame to Kill For debuts at eight with $6m, while Helen Mirren’s The Hundred-Foot Journey falls into ninth place.

Into The Storm completes the top ten grossing films with weekend earnings of nearly $4m, bringing its total to $38m.

The US weekend box office top ten for August 24 is as follows:
1. (2) Guardians of the Galaxy – $17,631,000
2. (1) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – $16,800,000
3. (-) If I Stay – $16,355,000
4. (3) Let’s Be Cops – $11,000,000
5. (-) When the Game Stands Tall – $9,000,000
6. (5) The Giver – $6,730,000
7. (4) The Expendables 3 – $6,600,000
8. (-) Sin City: A Dame to Kill For – $6,477,000
9. (7) The Hundred-Foot Journey – $5,562,000
10. (6) Into The Storm – $3,800,000

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has retained its number one position on the US box office.

The reboot, directed by Jonathan Liebesman, has now taken just over $117m since opening last weekend.

However, it was a disappointing debut for The Expendables 3, which only managed to land at number four with takings of $16.2m.

Marvel’s superhero adventure Guardians of the Galaxy stays at number two, taking $24.7m over the weekend.

New entries land at third and fifth place, with Let’s Be Cops amassing $17.7m at number three and The Giver taking $12.76 at number five.

Elsewhere, Richard Armitage’s Into the Storm fell three places to six, taking $7.7m in its second weekend, with last week’s number four The Hundred-Foot Journey also down.

Scarlett Johansson’s Lucy slipped down three places to number eight in its fourth week.

Step Up All In and Boyhood complete the top ten at numbers nine and ten respectively.

Following the success of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Paramount has already greenlit a sequel for the movie, with Michael Bay on board as producer once again.

The US weekend box office top ten for August 17 is as follows:
1. (1) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – $28,400,000
2. (2) Guardians of the Galaxy – $24,735,000
3. (-) Let’s Be Cops – $17,700,000
4. (-) The Expendables 3 – $16,200,000
5. (-) The Giver – $12,760,000
6. (3) Into the Storm – $7,720,000
7. (4) The Hundred-Foot Journey – $7,109,000
8. (5) Lucy – $5,317,000
9. (6) Step Up All In – $2,700,000
10. (13) Boyhood – $2,150,000

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has debuted at number one in the US box office.

The 2014 reboot, directed by Jonathan Liebesman took $65m in its first weekend, knocking Guardians of the Galaxy off the top spot.

Marvel’s space-set superhero adventure was pushed down to second place in its second weekend, taking just over $41.5m and bringing its total gross to nearly $176m.

Two new entries take third and fourth place, with Into The Storm taking $18m at number three and The Hundred-Foot Journey earning $11.1m at number four.

Elsewhere, Scarlett Johansson’s Lucy fell three places down to five taking $9.3m in its third weekend, while Step Up All In entered the box office at number 6 with $6.6m.

Dwayne Johnson’s Hercules also took a tumble down to seventh place, as well as Get On Up, which dropped to eight.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Planes: Fire and Rescue complete the top ten at number nine and ten respectively.

The US weekend box office top ten for August 10 is as follows:
1. (-) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – $65,000,000
2. (1) Guardians of the Galaxy – $41,531,000
3. (-) Into the Storm – $18,015,000
4. (-) The Hundred-Foot Journey – $11,123,000
5. (2) Lucy – $9,331,000
6. (-) Step Up All In – $6,575,000
7. (4) Hercules – $5,700,000
8. (3) Get On Up – $5,012,000
9. (5) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – $4,400,000
10. (6) Planes: Fire and Rescue – $2,419,000

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Guardians of the Galaxy has soared to the number one spot at the US box office.

The Marvel blockbuster has broken the record for the biggest August opening weekend with takings of $94m, beating the previous record of $69.3m set by The Bourne Ultimatum.

It is also the third biggest opening weekend of 2014, behind Transformers: Age of Extinction‘s $100m and Captain America: The Winter Soldier‘s $95m.

Scarlett Johansson’s Lucy is in second place with $18.3m, followed by new entry Get On Up in third with $14m.

Former number one Dawn of the Planet Apes completes this week’s top five with ticket sales of $8.7m.

Disney sequel Planes: Fire & Rescue is down one place to six with $6.4m, ahead of horror film The Purge: Anarchy, which drops to seven with $5.6m.

Cameron Diaz comedy Sex Tape features at number eight, while And So It Goes and A Most Wanted Man round out the top ten in ninth and tenth respectively.

The US weekend box office top ten for August 3  is as follows:
1. (-) Guardians of the Galaxy – $94,000,000
2. (1) Lucy – $18,283,000
3. (-) Get On Up – $14,031,000
4. (2) Hercules – $10,700,000
5. (3) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – $8,700,000
6. (5) Planes: Fire & Rescue – $6,424,000
7. (4) The Purge: Anarchy – $5,551,000
8. (6) Sex Tape – $3,550,000
9. (8) And So It Goes – $3,344,000
10. (10) A Most Wanted Man – $3,324,000

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