Our American Box Office

Summer is over, but the usual suspects still sit atop the Box Office Ten.

The Big Ten



1). Guardians of the Galaxy (DIS), 3,221 theaters (-241) / $2.7 M Fri. / 3-day cume: $10.2M (-40%) / Total cume: $294.6M / Wk 6



2). If I Stay (WB), 3,157 theaters (+154) / $1.6M Fri. / 3-day cume: $5.39 (-42%)/Total cume: $39.3M/ Wk 3



3). Let’s Be Cops (FOX), 2,932 theaters (-78) /$1.57M Fri. / 3-day cume: $5.32M (-36%) / Total cume: $66.5M /Wk 4



4). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PAR), 3,273 theaters (-270) / $1.5M Friday / 3-day est. cume: $5.78M (-52%) / Total est. cume: $173.89M / Wk 5



5.) The November Man (Relativity), 2,776 theaters (–) / $1.238M Fri. / 3-day cume: $4.28 (-46%) / Total cume: $17.9M / Wk 2



6.) As Above, So Below (UNI), 2,650 theaters (+10) / $1.149M Fri. / 3-day cume: $3.8M (-56%) / Total cume: $15.66M / Wk 2



7). The Giver (TWC), 2,576 theaters (-229)/ $970K Fri./ 3-day cume: $3.472M (-34%)/Total cume: $37.7M/ Wk 4



8). When the Game Stands Tall (Tri-Star), 2,766 theaters (+93) / $958K Fri. / 3-day cume: $3.35M (-44%) / Total cume: $23.15M / Wk 3



9). The Hundred-Foot Journey (DIS), 2,167 theaters (+249)/ $888K Fri. / 3-day cume: $3.205M (-33%) / Total cume: $45.7M / Wk 5



10). Lucy (UNI), 1,171 theaters (-122)/ $528K Fri. / 3-day cume: $1.89M (-32%)/ Total cume: $121.06M/Wk 7

The animated brigade that still is in release ... in anywhere from a handful to 500 theaters, have running totals as follows:

Animated Features



17) How To Train Your Dragon 2 -- $174,181,658



27) Planes: Fire and Rescue -- $57,983,850



48) Rio 2 -- $131,538,435



57) Mr. Peabody and Sherman -- $11,506,430

Of the pictures above, Dragon 2 landed about where it was bound to land based on its opening weekend numbers. Planes is likely a sizable disappointment for Diz Co., since this follow-up is in wide-screen, has a stronger story, and yet has pretty much tanked with the AMC and family trade. (And its under-performance is likely the reason there have been layoffs at DisneyToons Studio.)



Mr. Peabody and Sherman was a write-off for DreamWorks, and Rio 2 has performed okay globally, even if it was a see bit underwhelming in the domestic theatrical marketplace.