Small Victory for Guardians at Weekend Box Office

<p>No surprises here&period; In the weakest weekend of the whole year&comma; <em><strong>Guardians of the Galaxy<&sol;strong><&sol;em> has come out on top once again with a <strong>&dollar;10&comma;160&comma;000<&sol;strong> estimated gross&period; Considering it hasn&&num;8217&semi;t even blinked from the top 5 while also being the top domestic grossing film of the year&comma; this makes for a major success to Marvel and Disney &lpar;and it hasn&&num;8217&semi;t even finished its run by a long shot&rpar;&period; Expect the film to stick around in the top 10 at least until the end of September&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There were no major surprises as far as the rest of the top 10 is concerned&period; There were a few shifts in a handful of spots&comma; but only by wee marginal differences&period; The only new film that opened up this weekend was the Elvis drama <em><strong>The Identical<&sol;strong><&sol;em> which only scraped together <strong>&dollar;1&comma;911&comma;000<&sol;strong>&comma; not even enough to crack the top 10&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check the full top 10 below&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li><strong>Guardians of the Galaxy<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;10&comma;160&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<&sol;strong> &lpar;2014&rpar;&colon; &dollar;6&comma;500&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>If I Stay<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;5&comma;750&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Let&&num;8217&semi;s Be Cops<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;5&comma;400&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>The November Man<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;4&comma;200&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>As Above&sol;So Below<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;3&comma;723&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><b>When the Game Stands Tall<&sol;b>&colon; &dollar;3&comma;700&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>The Giver<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;3&comma;603&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>The Hundred-Foot Journey<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;3&comma;200&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Lucy<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;1&comma;950&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>Next weekend will be the first real challenge for <em><strong>Guardians of the Galaxy<&sol;strong><&sol;em> with <em><strong>Dolphin Tale 2<&sol;strong><&sol;em> hitting 3&comma;500&plus; theaters&period; If it&&num;8217&semi;s not enough to kick Marvel&&num;8217&semi;s cosmic blockbuster out of the top spot&comma; the following week with <em><strong>Maze Runner<&sol;strong><&sol;em> is a strong contender&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;