Turtles Trump Guardians at Weekend Box Office

<p>Despite the massive critical acclaim and positive audience reactions&comma; <em><strong>Guardians of the Galaxy<&sol;strong><&sol;em> was knocked down from the &num;1 spot in its second weekend to the return of the Turtles to the big screen&period; The CGI&sol;live-action hybrid picture <em><strong>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<&sol;strong><&sol;em> made <strong>&dollar;65&comma;000&comma;000<&sol;strong> over the weekend placing it &num;1 at the domestic box-office&comma; despite the negative reviews from critics&period; <strong><em>Guardians of the Galaxy<&sol;em><&sol;strong> still managed still managed to bring in a decent amount for its second weekend with <strong>&dollar;41&comma;531&comma;000<&sol;strong>&comma; landing it in the &num;2 slot&period; With the two hero ensembles fighting for the top slot&comma; it was slim picking for a host of other films&period; <em><strong>Into the Storm<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&comma; the new disaster pic&comma; only brought in &dollar;18&comma;015&comma;000 making it a big disappointment for the &dollar;50 million budget&period; <em><strong>The Hundred Foot Journey<&sol;strong><&sol;em> and <em><strong>Step Up All In<&sol;strong><&sol;em> scrounged up <strong>&dollar;11&comma;123&comma;000<&sol;strong> and <strong>&dollar;6&comma;575&comma;000<&sol;strong> respectively&period; See the full top 10 below&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles &lpar;2014&rpar;&colon; &dollar;65&comma;000&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Guardians of the Galaxy&colon; &dollar;41&comma;531&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Into The Storm&colon; &dollar;18&comma;015&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The Hundred-Foot Journey&colon; &dollar;11&comma;123&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Lucy&colon; &dollar;9&comma;331&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Step Up All In&colon; &dollar;6&comma;575&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Hercules &lpar;2014&rpar;&colon; &dollar;5&comma;700&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Get On Up&colon; &dollar;5&comma;012&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes&colon; &dollar;4&comma;400&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Planes&colon; Fire &amp&semi; Rescue&colon; &dollar;2&comma;419&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;boxofficemojo&period;com&sol;">Box Office Mojo<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;