It shouldn’t come as a surprise since every past addition to the franchise has always opened at the top of the charts, but Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has cleaned out the box office for over $65 million dollars this weekend. Paramount Pictures have decided to strike while the iron is still hot by commencing production on a sequel which is scheduled to arrive on June 3, 2016.
Close up behind the Michael Bay-produced film would be last week’s front runner, Guardians of the Galaxy, which is still generating headlines across the web, while earning $41.5 million. This now increases the film’s total domestic pull to about $175 million. This weekend’s other newcomers would include Into the Storm, The Hundred Foot Journey, and Step Up All In, which have earned $18 million, $11 million, and $6.5 million, respectively.
Check out our review of TMNT before following the jump to see this week’s full top ten listing.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – $65,000,000
- Guardians of the Galaxy – $41,530,000
- Into the Storm – $18,020,000
- The Hundred-Foot Journey – $11,120,000
- Lucy – $9,330,000
- Step Up All In – $6,580,000
- Hercules – $5,700,000
- Get on Up –$5,020,000
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – $4,400,000
- Planes: Fire & Rescue – $2,419,000
