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TNT has renewed three of its popular dramas.

The basic cable network has ordered new episodes of The Last Ship, Major Crimes and Falling Skies, following the success of all three shows this summer.

All three feature in the Top 5 scripted series with total viewers and adults aged 25-54, and have helped TNT establish itself as the number one cable network in primetime this summer to-date.

Michael Bay’s The Last Ship will return for a second season of 13 episodes, which is up from the ten episodes commissioned for season one. A total of 15 new episodes of Major Crimes will air as part of its fourth season.

Meanwhile, Falling Skies will air a 10-episode fifth and final season.

Michael Wright, TNT’s president of programming, said: “TNT’s refreshed and recharged drama brand is soaring this summer, and that is due in large part to these three enormously popular dramas.

“The Last Ship has become this summer’s top drama among key adult demos with its epic scale and visceral storytelling. Major Crimes continues to be one of the most enduring and popular crime-drama franchises on television.

“And Falling Skies has begun an ambitious and thrilling story arc this summer as it sets the stage for next year’s climactic final season,” he added.

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New entry Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has taken the number one spot in the US box office with a $73m.

The sci-fi blockbuster knocks Transformers: Age of Extinction down to second place with $16.5m.

Melissa McCarthy’s comedy Tammy is at third place with $12.91m, followed by comedy sequel 22 Jump Street in fourth place with $6.7m.

How To Train Your Dragon 2 is a non-mover in fifth spot with $5.865m, while family movie Earth to Echo stays at six with $5.5m.

Last week’s number four Deliver Us From Evil is down to seven with $4.7m.

Begin Again is up from fifteenth spot to number nine with $2,935,00.

Maleficent and Jersey Boys complete the US box office top ten at number eight and number ten consecutively.

The US weekend box office top ten for July 13 is as follows:
1. (-) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – $73,000,000
2. (1) Transformers: Age of Extinction – $16,500,000
3. (2) Tammy – $12,910,000
4. (3) 22 Jump Street – $6,700,000
5. (5) How to Train Your Dragon 2 – $5,865,000
6. (6) Earth to Echo – $5,500,000
7. (4) Deliver Us From Evil – $4,700,000
8. (7) Maleficent – $4,169,000
9. (15) Begin Again – $2,935,000
10. (8) Jersey Boys – $2,510,000

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Transformers: Age of Extinction has taken the number one spot in the US box office for the second week with $36.4m.

Last weekend, Transformers scored the biggest box office opening of 2014 when it debuted with $100m, knocking off Think Like a Man Too in first place.

This weekend, the Michael Bay movie beat three new releases – Tammy, Deliver Us From Evil and Earth to Echo.

Melissa McCarthy’s comedy Tammy landed in second place with $21.1m, followed by Deliver Us From Evil in third place with $9.5m.

Family movie Earth to Echo came in sixth place with $8.2m.

Think Like a Man too, which debuted at number one, slipped from fourth place to ninth place with $4.9m.

Its number four spot was taken by Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum’s comedic sequel 22 Jump Street with $9.4m. The movie’s total earning is $158.8m.

How to Train Your Dragon 2, Maleficent, Jersey Boys and Edge of Tomorrow complete the US box office top ten list at number five, number seven, number eight and number ten consecutively.

The US weekend box office top ten for July 6 is as follows:
1. (1) Transformers: Age of Extinction – $36,400,000
2. (-) Tammy – $21,170,000
3. (-) Deliver Us From Evil – $9,500,000
4. (2) 22 Jump Street – $9,400,000
5. (3) How to Train Your Dragon 2 – $8,750,000
6. (-) Earth to Echo – $8,250,000
7. (5) Maleficent – $6,133,000
8. (6) Jersey Boys – $5,160,000
9. (4) Think Like a Man Too – $4,900,000
10. (7) Edge of Tomorrow – $3,640,000

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Transformers: Age of Extinction has shot straight to number one at the US box office.

The Michael Bay sequel, starring Mark Wahlberg as a father and failed inventor working with the autobots, took $100m during its opening weekend.

Transformers knocked last week’s number one film, Think Like A Man Too, off the top spot and down to number four.

22 Jump Street remains at number two, while How To Train Your Dragon 2 stays in the third spot after taking a little over $13m.

Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent stays at five, and Jersey Boys drops two places down to six.

Edge of Tomorrow, starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, took $5m, meaning it’s at seven, while The Fault in our Stars falls one place to eight.

Also falling one place is X-Men: Days of Future Past, which is at number nine with $3.3m.

Remaining in the tenth spot is Jon Favreau’s Chef, with a little over $1.5m.

The US weekend box office top ten for June 27 is as follows:
1. (-) Transformers: Age of Extinction – $100,000,000
2. (2) 22 Jump Street – $15,400,000
3. (3) How To Train Your Dragon 2 – $13,100,000
4. (1) Think Like a Man Too – $10,400,000
5. (5) Maleficent – $8,237,000
6. (4) Jersey Boys – $7,610,000
7. (6) Edge of Tomorrow – $5,210,000
8. (7) The Fault in our Stars – $4,800,000
9. (8) X-Men: Days of Future Past – $3,300,000
10. (10) Chef – $1,654,000

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Think Like A Man Too has topped the US box office after taking $30m.

The comedy sequel to 2012’s Think Like A Man sees romantic plans go awry during a wedding in Las Vegas and stars Kevin Hart and Gabrielle Union.

The successful opening weekend saw the film beat last week’s number one 22 Jump Street into second place by just $1m.

How To Train Your Dragon 2 is down one place to number three, while new entry Jersey Boys occupies fourth spot.

The top five is rounded out by Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent, which is down two places.

Meanwhile, Edge of Tomorrow is down two to six, and The Fault In Our Stars slipped from fifth place to seventh with $8.6m.

X-Men: Days Of Future Past (6.2m), Chef ($1.845m), and Godzilla ($1.82m) complete the top 10.

The US weekend box office top ten for June 22 is as follows:
1. (-) Think Like A Man Too – $30,000,000
2. (1) 22 Jump Street – $29,000,000
3. (2) How To Train Your Dragon 2 – $25,300,000
4. (-) Jersey Boys – $13,515,000
5. (3) Maleficent – $13,012,000
6. (4) Edge Of Tomorrow – $10,340,000
7. (5) The Fault In Our Stars- $8,600,000
8. (6) X-Men: Days Of Future Past – $6,200,000
9. (10) Chef – $1,845,000
10. (7) Godzilla – $1,820,000

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22 Jump Street has debuted at number one at the US box office after taking $60m.

The comedy sequel stars Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill as cops who go undercover at a local college.

The huge opening weekend gross saw the film beat new animation How To Train Your Dragon 2, which came in second place with $50m.

Angelina Jolie’s Disney hit Maleficent is down one place to number three, while Tom Cruise’s sci-fi flick Edge of Tomorrow is at number four.

The top five is rounded out by last week’s number one movie The Fault In Our Stars, which took $15.7m. An opening weekend of $48.2m made it the best-ever debut for a contemporary drama.

Meanwhile, X-Men: Days of Future Past slipped from sixth place to seventh with $9.5m. Its total earnings now stand at over $205 million.

Godzilla (3.155m), A Million Ways To Die In The West ($3.077m), Neighbours ($2.484m), and Chef ($2.276m) complete the top 10.

The US weekend box office top ten for June 15 is as follows:
1. (-) 22 Jump Street – $60,000,000
2. (-) How To Train Your Dragon 2 – $50,000,000
3. (2) Maleficent – $18,008,000
4. (3) Edge Of Tomorrow – $16,175,000
5. (1) The Fault In Our Stars – $15,725,000
6. (4) X-Men: Days Of Future Past – $9,500,000
7. (6) Godzilla – $3,155,000
8. (5) A Million Ways To Die In The West – $3,077,000
9. (7) Neighbours – $2,484,000
10. (9) Chef – $2,276,000

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The Fault in our Stars has debuted at number one at the US box office after taking $48.2m.

Based on John Green’s novel of the same name, the comedy-drama stars Shailene Woodley as a teenage cancer patient who falls in love with a fellow support group member (Ansel Elgort).

The huge opening makes the movie the best-ever debut for a contemporary drama, while it has already made back its $12m budget.

The Fault in our Stars also beat Tom Cruise’s blockbuster Edge of Tomorrow, which came in third place with $29m.

Last week’s number one movie Maleficent is at number two with $33.5m. The Angelina Jolie movie tells the story of the Sleeping Beauty villainess.

The top five is rounded out by X-Men: Days of Future Past with $14.7m and Seth MacFarlane’s A Million Ways to Die in the West with $7.18m.

Meanwhile, Godzilla slipped from fourth place to sixth with $5.9m. Its total earnings now stand at $185m.

Neighbors ($5.2m), Blended ($4.05m), Chef ($2.6m) and Million Dollar Arm ($1.8m) complete the top 10.

The US weekend box office top ten for June 8 is as follows:
1. (-) The Fault in our Stars – $48,200,000
2. (1) Maleficent – $33,523,000
3. (-) Edge of Tomorrow – $29,105,000
4. (2) X-Men: Days of Future Past – $14,700,000
5. (3) A Million Ways to Die in the West – $7,189,000
6. (4) Godzilla (2014) – $5,950,000
7. (6) Neighbors – $5,201,000
8. (5) Blended – $4,050,000
9. (9) Chef – $2,600,000
10. (8) Million Dollar Arm – $1,822,000

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Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent has topped the US box office, grossing $70m in its opening weekend.

Disney’s dark re-working of Sleeping Beauty shot straight to the number one spot, beating Xmen: Days of Future Past and Seth MacFarlane’s new comedy A Million Ways To Die In The West, which placed number two and number three respectively.

Godzilla moved down to number four with sales of $17.06 million, while the top five was rounded out by Blended, which took $8.4 million.

Zac Efron comedy Bad Neighbours made $7.7 million and The Amazing Spider-Man kept pulling in audiences with takings of $3.7 million.

Million Dollar Arm, Chef and The Other Woman also made the top 10.

The US weekend box office top ten for June 1 is as follows:
1. (-) Maleficent – $70,000,000
2. (1) X-men: Days of Future Past – $32,600,000
3. (-) A Million Ways to Die in the West – $17,069,000
4. (2) Godzilla – $12,225,000
5. (3) Blended – $8,425,000
6. (4) Bad Neighbours – $7,715,000
7. (5) The Amazing Spider-Man – $3,775,000
8. (6) Million Dollar Arm – $3,700,000
9. (9) Chef – $2,009,000
10. (7) The Other Woman – $1,425,000

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X-Men: Days of Future Past has debuted at the top of the US box office with takings of $90.7 million.

The Bryan Singer sequel is now on track to join the five top Memorial Day weekend debuts. Currently topping this chart is Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, which made $139.8m during its four day opening weekend in 2007.

X-Men: Days of Future Past, which stars Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence, knocked Godzilla off the top spot and pushed it down to number two after the Hollywood remake starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson made just $31.4m over its second weekend, falling 66.3%.

Adam Sandler’s Blended enters the US chart at number three, making $14.2m during its opening weekend.

Bad Neighbours took $13.9m in its third week and falls down to fourth place, while The Amazing Spider-Man 2 drops to five after taking $7.8m, down 53.6%.

Disney’s Million Dollar Arm, starring Jon Hamm, is in sixth place during its second week with $7.1m, and Leslie Mann’s The Other Woman drops two places to seven – making $3.7m.

Rio 2, Chef and Heaven is for Real round out this week’s top ten.

The US weekend box office top ten for May 25 is as follows:
1. (-) X-Men: Days of Future Past – $90,700,000
2. (1) Godzilla – $31,425,000
3. (-) Blended – $14,245,000
4. (2) Bad Neighbours – $13,946,000
5. (3) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – $7,800,000
6. (4) Million Dollar Arm – $7,093,000
7. (5) The Other Woman – $3,675,000
8. (7) Rio 2 – $2,500,000
9. (15) Chef -$2,260,000
10. (6) Heaven is for Real – $1,950,000

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