BOX OFFICE: TMNT Passes $300M; GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Tops MAN OF STEEL

BOX OFFICE: TMNT Passes $300M; GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Tops MAN OF STEEL

The Michael Bay produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles has reached another milestone today. However, Guardians of the Galaxy is nearing $600 million worldwide and has now topped the total amount taken by Man of Steel domestically. Hit the jump for a round-up of box office numbers...

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By JoshWilding - Sep 07, 2014 04:09 PM EST

Guardians of the Galaxy, the movie that everyone said would be Marvel Studios' first flop, took $10.2 million domestically and $11.5 million internationally this weekend for a total of $21.66 million. That takes its domestic total to $294.6 million, with a international cume $291.6 million. There's no need to get your calculator out as that gives the James Gunn helmed movie a worldwide total of $586.2 million, and it should easily breeze past the $300 million mark in North America next weekend and $600 million worldwide. It still hasn't opened in China and Japan. This weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy passed the domestic total of Man of Steel (who would have thought that this bunch of A-Holes would top Superman?), and it's even beaten Iron Man globally. Many thanks to Superhero Hype for the numbers. Here's are a some other key box office updates...













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TheManFromMars
TheManFromMars - 9/7/2014, 4:18 PM
Brace yourselves...
dcmarvel10
dcmarvel10 - 9/7/2014, 4:19 PM
A storm is coming.
Dingbat
Dingbat - 9/7/2014, 4:22 PM
Oh, domestically. I thought it meant world wide. Whatever. Box office doesn't matter anyway. Especially with literally no competition.
Desrow
Desrow - 9/7/2014, 4:23 PM
DefcoN
DefcoN - 9/7/2014, 4:23 PM
Ohhhh boy...
Zeek
Zeek - 9/7/2014, 4:25 PM
Just a shame Transformers has made so much... they'll never stop making them now.
DeusExSponge
DeusExSponge - 9/7/2014, 4:25 PM
Run everyone! A war is brewing right before our eyes!
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 9/7/2014, 4:25 PM
Oh here we go.....
Dingbat
Dingbat - 9/7/2014, 4:25 PM




JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 9/7/2014, 4:25 PM
@Starfox: I'm sure I don't know what you mean... :)

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Zeek
Zeek - 9/7/2014, 4:26 PM
@Starfox Indeed, seems a bit blatant here. Not sure it was necessary to put it in the title.
Barbaros
Barbaros - 9/7/2014, 4:27 PM
I'm glad for GotG but sad that XMen and Cap didn't made as much as GotG.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 9/7/2014, 4:28 PM
Oh geez, DC fans if there's anything I can say to you all I'll simply say "Don't fall for the trap." Your time is coming soon to celebrate as well.

other than that, congrats on the continued success Gunn and may Marvel continue shipping out the goods for both fans and general audiences everywhere.

marvel72
marvel72 - 9/7/2014, 4:28 PM
dawn of the planet of the apes,guardians of the galaxy & x-men days of future past were great & deserve to make the money they have.

haven't seen maleficent yet,so i don't know how good or bad that is,same goes for transformers age of extinction.

as for the teenage mutant ninja turtles,i have seen it(regrettably) & its a bag of shit.

MisterBabadook
MisterBabadook - 9/7/2014, 4:28 PM
Dude, enough already w/ your commentary, just report the numbers, god damn
Abary
Abary - 9/7/2014, 4:28 PM
Last time I checked Man Of Steel had to put up with the two highest grossing animated films of the year and a Brad Pitt movie, while Guardians Of The Galaxy had virtually no truly serious competition. Plus, Guardians is WAY more kid friendly than Man Of Steel, and kids who didn't understand Man Of Steel sure as hell didn't go back a second time, unlike Guardians where most kids picked up on it right away.
JAC
JAC - 9/7/2014, 4:28 PM
Quick thoughts: MoS grossed very well based on that the previous iterations were terribly recieved, and it opened against some pretty stiff competition. So it had a lot of hurdles to overcome, and was a huge success.

But, good for Guardians! I thought the movie was pretty good, so I'm happy it's turning a profit.
Dingbat
Dingbat - 9/7/2014, 4:28 PM
@Zeek

Definitely a controversial title. It's not untrue though so I don't really care. I misunderstood it at fist. Thought it meant worldwide gross.
DefcoN
DefcoN - 9/7/2014, 4:29 PM
Who am I kidding, this wasn't a surprise. The movie was [frick]ing awesome.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 9/7/2014, 4:29 PM
Thoughts?

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TheNameIsBetty
TheNameIsBetty - 9/7/2014, 4:29 PM
I guess word-of-mouth worked well for TMNT.
Abary
Abary - 9/7/2014, 4:30 PM
BTW, I do find it hilarious that Josh just couldn't resist the urge to make note that Guardians Of The Galaxy topped Man Of Steel right in the title instead of just waiting to put it in the article.
Saiyanklutz
Saiyanklutz - 9/7/2014, 4:30 PM
Lol its about to go down
I'll still say GOTG was underwhelming for me.
JAC
JAC - 9/7/2014, 4:31 PM
Oh, and now @TheAbaryMan369 will be called a DC fanboy just for stating the truth.
JAC
JAC - 9/7/2014, 4:32 PM
@JoshWilding lol
beane2099
beane2099 - 9/7/2014, 4:32 PM
I'm not normally one to comment on movie grosses. I mean, these are like race horses for movie nerds, really, so I don't see a crime in it. I just don't do it that often. But if this does half as well in China as it did here, you're looking at this movie doing at least 750 million. And I don't care how much money China gets; when the trades report grosses they report everything. So that's good enough for me. The bottom line, I think that beats even the most optimistic appraisals of how well this movie was gonna do. Well I guess there's that one guy who predicted a billion.
JAC
JAC - 9/7/2014, 4:33 PM
Zeek
Zeek - 9/7/2014, 4:33 PM
@Dingbat I thought so too.

I have no preference between DC and Marvel, just a comic fan, so it didn't bother me. But damn. What a title.
TheManFromMars
TheManFromMars - 9/7/2014, 4:33 PM
At least Josh doesn't try to hide his intentions. I give him props for that.
m0th3r
m0th3r - 9/7/2014, 4:33 PM
ROFL..

SO the "RISKY" property no one has ever heard of is topping the most well known superhero of all time...

You have to love the excuse machines. MoS lost week 2 to Monsters U, which sucked. Why did it only make about 60% of what the studio hoped? Because it was a typical slow Zak Snyder movie. The reviews were HORRIBLE, the RT was in the 50s, and generally most people outside of dedicated fandom did not like it at all..Also consider how much WB invested in MoS vs Marvel in guardians. MoS, even though it did better then Thor 2 at Box oFfice, cost almost twice as much to make.


This movie wasn't against MoS's pace or anyones..it competed with itself. The first unknown franchise...and it won big. Doesnt matter if you love or hate the MCU, its a Winner Winner Chicken Dinner no matter how you look at it for Marvel/Disney...
Dingbat
Dingbat - 9/7/2014, 4:33 PM
@TheAbaryMan369

Truth. Let people say what they want though. They act as if it's a victory for them if a movie they like makes more money. What, is Marvel sending them a check?

Loved both movies so I'm happy for it's success but BO doesn't matter. I loved Dredd more than Guardians and that movie made less than $45 million Worldwide. No sequel :(
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