BOX OFFICE: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Soars To The Top (Again) At The U.S. Box Office

BOX OFFICE: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Soars To The Top (Again) At The U.S. Box Office

Paramount's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reclaimed the #1 spot atop the U.S. box office on Tuesday, August 19 beating the overrated Guardians of the Galaxy.

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By EmeritusII - Aug 20, 2014 10:08 PM EST
Source: boxofficemojo.com



Since it was reported that GOTG had gotten back the top spot in the U.S. box office, I thought it'd be nice to point out that TMNT was number one on Tuesday. Paramount's magnum opus, which reigned at the box office for two weeks, took in $3,513,719, while Marvel's film made a paltry $3,511,416. For you mathematically challenged, that is over $2,000 more.  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had an estimated production budget of $125 million and a current domestic gross of $124,080,722, however it hasn't opened in numerous foreign territories. 

Will the box office fluctuate again like it usually does on weekdays? Chances are yes, but for now the turtles are dining on Groot soup.

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I'm Alien. My real name is Al, but truth be told, I'm not from this planet. Some kids... some little kids they wanna grow up to be president, some kids wanna grow up and be doctor y'know? I just wanted to be bad they kicked me outta school, I thought that was great! Shieet I don't have to go to yo school, that was the best thing in the world! Some people? They wanna do the right thing? I like doing the wrong thing! Everyones always tellin me "yo you gotta change..." I'm about stacking change ya'll! Stacking change! That's it. Money! I'm about making money. This a dream ya'll. This the American dream... that's it, I did it. Most my brothers and sisters... they dead. It was all bad. They got murdered. I'm the last one standing. I'm as bad as they is. Just in our blood ya'll and I love it. This is my dream. I made it come true. This is the fuckin American dream. This is the fuckin' American dream. This is my fuckin' dream, y'all! All this sheeyit! Look at my sheeyit! I got... I got SHORTS! Every fuckin' color. I got designer T-shirts! I got gold bullets. Motherfuckin' VAM-pires. I got Scarface. On repeat. SCARFACE ON REPEAT. Constant, y'all! I got Escape! Calvin Klein Escape! Mix it up with Calvin Klein Be. Smell nice? I SMELL NICE! That ain't a fuckin' bed; that's a fuckin' art piece. My fuckin' spaceship! U.S.S. Enterprise on this shit. I go to different planets on this motherfucker! Me and my fuckin' Franklins here, we take off. TAKE OFF! Look at my shit. Look at my shit! I got my blue Kool-Aid. I got my fuckin' NUN-CHUCKS. I got shurikens; I got different flavors. I got them sais. Look at that shit, I got sais. I got blades! Look at my sheeyit! This ain't nuttin', I got ROOMS of this shit! I got my dark tannin' oil... lay out by the pool, put on my dark tanning oil... I got machine guns... Look at this, look at this motherfucker here! Look at this motherfucker! Huh? A fucking army up in this shit!
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EthanSmith1
EthanSmith1 - 8/20/2014, 10:39 PM
TROLOLOLOLOLO
EthanSmith1
EthanSmith1 - 8/20/2014, 10:39 PM
And first.
DeusExSponge
DeusExSponge - 8/20/2014, 10:41 PM
Ah yes, I'm not surprised that Alien was the one that posted this.
LordMushu
LordMushu - 8/20/2014, 10:41 PM
Yeah....bias much?
DeusExSponge
DeusExSponge - 8/20/2014, 10:43 PM
TheTrueBatfleck

TheManFromMars
TheManFromMars - 8/20/2014, 10:44 PM
I still haven't watched this movie.

I'm starting to think it will be the first CBM in a LOOOONG time that'll intentionally skip.
EmeritusII
EmeritusII - 8/20/2014, 10:45 PM
spring breakers animated GIF
DCGuy
DCGuy - 8/20/2014, 10:48 PM
I love @Alien
3DWitchHunt
3DWitchHunt - 8/20/2014, 10:48 PM
You could be the next Josh with that description.
DCGuy
DCGuy - 8/20/2014, 10:49 PM
also is this legit or just troll? I'm all in for a good ol' flame war but is it Legit?
DCGuy
DCGuy - 8/20/2014, 10:49 PM
Alien > JW
EthanSmith1
EthanSmith1 - 8/20/2014, 10:50 PM
@Alien

I don't think you used that correctly.
EmeritusII
EmeritusII - 8/20/2014, 10:50 PM
It's as legit as batz's article. Also luv ya too, DCGuy.
TheManFromMars
TheManFromMars - 8/20/2014, 10:50 PM
And it doesn't have anything to do with Nostalgia/"Childhood Raping", by the way.

First, I don't believe that childhoods can be raped by movie adaptations/sequels/remakes like other melodramatic fanboys do.

Second, I don't have any nostalgia with TMNT. To this day, I haven't watched a single episode of any of the cartoons. I only know them from the movies and games.

My problem is that the turtles design DISGUSTS me. Literally disgusts me.

Which is a shame because I was actually curious about this, but I don't think I can sit through a movie in which I can't stand to look at the main characters...
EthanSmith1
EthanSmith1 - 8/20/2014, 10:51 PM
@Alien and @DCGuy are obviously the same person.
thewonderer
thewonderer - 8/20/2014, 10:51 PM
"overrated Guardians of the Galaxy."

Mother of god. Run, run for your life Alien. I'll try to hold them off but they'll make mince meat out of me. RUN.
DCGuy
DCGuy - 8/20/2014, 10:52 PM
@EthanSmith1 LOL not even possible
EmeritusII
EmeritusII - 8/20/2014, 10:56 PM
@thewonderer
PsychoticSpaceRaccoon
PsychoticSpaceRaccoon - 8/20/2014, 10:58 PM
In the immortal words of Grif the the Bear: Shit movie.
DeusExSponge
DeusExSponge - 8/20/2014, 11:02 PM
I'm sure a lot of the users are either asleep or maybe some are at work. So this article won't be going doing the sh**ter right now. If it's still up 12 hours later, I'm sure it'll end up with at least 5-8 pages of flaming.
JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 8/20/2014, 11:07 PM
Shots fired!!!
DCGuy
DCGuy - 8/20/2014, 11:08 PM
@DeusExSponge only 5-8? thats low bro LOL we're at 2 already almost
vinomonster
vinomonster - 8/20/2014, 11:08 PM
Cowabunga!
DCGuy
DCGuy - 8/20/2014, 11:11 PM
@Rulk GOTG is on its lasts few weeks on USA and has not made 500 mill yet WTF it's low
DCGuy
DCGuy - 8/20/2014, 11:12 PM
GOTG is getting the hype it its because Disney is buying critics off and promoting it like crazy, they made more than 20 tv spots, yet they're only gonna get a few bucks in china and japan which could only double the current BO.
SusanFuentes
SusanFuentes - 8/20/2014, 11:20 PM
DCGuy - GOTG is quickly catching up to Man of Steel's total domestic gross and by the time it opens in China and Japan it should leave it eating shit. Not to mention people actually walked out of GOTG satisfied and joyful instead of depressed and bored like with Man of Steel. How does that make you feel?
SusanFuentes
SusanFuentes - 8/20/2014, 11:22 PM
BatmanRobinNightwing - Almost every moviegoer and critic that saw GOTG loved it, the box office numbers show it. You are in the small, very small minority that thought it was overrated or not good. YOU get used to that.
DeusExSponge
DeusExSponge - 8/20/2014, 11:30 PM
DCGuy - Well I guess, but this isn't the usual DC vs Marvel article. So I doubt it'll reach past 8 pages, unless people start a DC vs Marvel war.
BaneSmash
BaneSmash - 8/20/2014, 11:33 PM
They are going to hunt you down!!!!
EmeritusII
EmeritusII - 8/20/2014, 11:38 PM
BaneSmash
BaneSmash - 8/20/2014, 11:41 PM
Bender why aren't in bed? It's way past your bedtime young man!!!!
BaneSmash
BaneSmash - 8/20/2014, 11:42 PM
Ninja turtles did poke GOTG...... :)
String
String - 8/20/2014, 11:42 PM
I'm not looking at the box office gross but what is the average per screen. That's what tells you if a movie has staying power GOTG, as an older film, is in less screens currently than TMNT and still making more money per screen. If these movies had the same amount of theatre screens then it's obvious which movie would be on top.
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