Turtles and Guardians Hold Steady at Weekend Box Office

<p>The superheroes continue to hold the top spot for the weekend box office&period; <em><strong>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<&sol;strong><&sol;em> was once again &num;1 with <strong>&dollar;28&comma;400&comma;000<&sol;strong> in its second week while <strong><em>Guardians of the Galaxy<&sol;em><&sol;strong> followed close behind with <strong>&dollar;24&comma;735&comma;000<&sol;strong> in its third week&period; If you&&num;8217&semi;re wondering why those numbers were low&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s because three new films with wide releases claimed the slots below the top 2&period; <strong><em>Let&&num;8217&semi;s Be Cops<&sol;em><&sol;strong> came in &num;3 with <strong>&dollar;17&comma;700&comma;000<&sol;strong> &lpar;not counting all the money it made since opening on Wednesday&rpar;&comma; <em><strong>The Expendables 3<&sol;strong><&sol;em> followed with <strong>&dollar;16&comma;200&comma;000<&sol;strong> and the big screen adaptation of the classic novel <strong><em>The Giver<&sol;em> <&sol;strong>only made <strong>&dollar;12&comma;760&comma;000<&sol;strong>&period; August usually sees a slow down in the box office&comma; but it was surprising given the numbers for this many new films and top earners at the box office&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles &lpar;2014&rpar;&colon; &dollar;28&comma;400&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Guardians of the Galaxy&colon; &dollar;24&comma;735&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Let&&num;8217&semi;s Be Cops&colon; &dollar;17&comma;700&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The Expendables 3&colon; &dollar;16&comma;200&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The Giver&colon; &dollar;12&comma;760&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Into The Storm&colon; &dollar;7&comma;720&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The Hundred-Foot Journey&colon; &dollar;7&comma;109&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Lucy&colon; &dollar;5&comma;317&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Step Up All In&colon; &dollar;2&comma;700&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Boyhood&colon; &dollar;2&comma;150&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>Next week looks like it may be a repeat of the top two earners as none of the top 3 &lpar;<em><strong>Sin City&colon; A Dame to Kill For<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&comma; <em><strong>If I Stay<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&comma; <em><strong>When the Game Stands Tal<&sol;strong><&sol;em>l&rpar; will be in over 3&comma;000 theaters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;boxofficemojo&period;com&sol;weekend&sol;chart&sol;">Box Office Mojo<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;