The Friday numbers are rolling in from the North American box office and it looks like Marvel's
Guardians of the Galaxy will reclaim first. It had spent the past few weeks behind Paramount's
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The James Gunn-directed comic book movie will finish up the weekend with
$17.2M to $17.6M. The previous box office champ,
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, is in a dogfight for second place aganst the newcomer,
If I Stay. Both films are expected to finish up somewhere around
$15.2M to $16.5M.
Robert Rodriguez and
Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is having an awful weekend. And that might be putting it nice. The sequel to the 2005 film was initially expected to make at least $15 million in its opening weekend, but after a rough Thursday expectation were taken down to $10 million. Apparently that figure wasn't low enough. It'll finish in sixth place with a meager
$6M to $7M. The original had a $29 million weekend and finished up with $74 million. It cost $40 million to make the first film and it cost $60M to $70M to make the sequel. By the way, I know how much
Sin City 3 will cost. Answer: nothing! Because there won't be one.
1). Guardians of the Galaxy (DIS), 3,371 theaters (-326) / $4.7M to $4.9M Fri.
3-day cume: $17.2M to $17.6M / Total cume: $252M / Wk 4
2/3). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PAR), 3,864 theaters (-116) / $4.3M to $4.5M Friday / 3-day est. cume: $15.2M to $16.2M / Total est. cume: $145M / Wk 3
If I Stay (WB), 2,907 theaters / $6.3M to $6.7M Fri.
3-day cume: $15.5M to $16.5M / Wk 1
4/5). Let’s Be Cops (FOX), 3,140 theaters (+46) / $3.1M Fri.
3-day cume: $9.7M to $10.3M (-45%) / Total cume: $44M / Wk 2
When the Game Stands Tall (SONY), 2,673 theaters / $2.8M to $3.1M Fri.
3-day cume: $8M to $10M / Wk 1
6). Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (TWC), 2,894 theaters / $2.6M Fri.
3-day cume: $6M to $7M / Wk 1
7). The Giver (TWC), 3,003 theaters (0) / $2M Fri.
3-day cume: $6M (-48%) / Total cume: $23.8M / Wk 2
8). The Expendables 3 (LGF), 3,221 theaters (0) / $1.8M to $2M Fri.
3-day cume: $5.6M to $5.9M (-66%) / Total cume: $26M to $27M / Wk 2
9). The Hundred-Foot Journey (DIS), 1,944 theaters (-99) / $1.5M to $1.7M Fri.
3-day cume: $5.5M to $6M (-23%) / Total cume: $32.7M / Wk 3
10). Into The Storm (WB), 2,375 theaters (-1,059) / $1.1M Fri.
3-day cume: $4M+ / Total cume: $38.6M / Wk 3