Guardians Return to #1 at Weekend Box Office

<p>In its fourth week at the box office&comma; Marvel&&num;8217&semi;s <em><strong>Guardians of the Galaxy<&sol;strong><&sol;em> bumped back up to &num;1 with a weekend gross of <strong>&dollar;17&comma;631&comma;000<&sol;strong>&period; It doesn&&num;8217&semi;t sound like a lot to come roaring back&comma; but it was slightly competitive weekend in the late days of summer&period; <em><strong>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<&sol;strong><&sol;em> followed very close behind with <strong>&dollar;16&comma;800&comma;000<&sol;strong>&period; Also very close behind was the new Chloe Moretz starring drama <em><strong>If I Stay<&sol;strong><&sol;em> with <strong>&dollar;16&comma;355&comma;000<&sol;strong>&period; The rest of the new film scraped up little remains&period; The new football drama <em><strong>When The Game Stands Tal<&sol;strong><strong>l<&sol;strong><&sol;em> only brought in <strong>&dollar;9&comma;000&comma;000<&sol;strong> while <em><strong>Frank Miller&&num;8217&semi;s Sin City&colon; A Dame to Kill For<&sol;strong><&sol;em> came in dead last with a meager <strong>&dollar;6&comma;477&comma;000<&sol;strong>&period; What we&&num;8217&semi;ve learned this week is the Marvel movies have staying power in the face of tough competition while 9-year-old comic book follow-ups are just a few years too late&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>Guardians of the Galaxy&colon; &dollar;17&comma;631&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles&colon; &dollar;16&comma;800&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>If I Stay&colon; &dollar;16&comma;355&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Let&&num;8217&semi;s Be Cops&colon; &dollar;11&comma;000&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>When The Game Stands Tall&colon; &dollar;9&comma;000&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The Giver&colon; &dollar;6&comma;730&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The Expendables 3&colon; &dollar;6&comma;600&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Frank Miller&&num;8217&semi;s Sin City&colon; A Dame to Kill For&colon; &dollar;6&comma;477&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The Hundred-Foot Journey&colon; &dollar;5&comma;562&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Into The Storm&colon; &dollar;3&comma;800&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>Once again&comma; next weekend looks like it&&num;8217&semi;ll be a repeat with new horror flick <em><strong>As Above&sol;So Below<&sol;strong><&sol;em> and CIA thriller <em><strong>The November Man<&sol;strong><&sol;em> only appearing in less than 2&comma;600 theaters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;boxofficemojo&period;com&sol;">Box Office Mojo<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;