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Turtles stay on top as Expendables underperforms
Written by . Published: August 18 2014
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Guardians Of The Galaxy have fought off a challenge from Sylvester Stallone and his all-star Expendables to stay atop an action-packed box office.
The Expendables 3 underperformed in its opening weekend, picking up $10 million less than expected to debut behind the Turtles and Guardians at number four.
The new sequel opened with $16.2 million - less than half the
figure the first movie debuted with in August, 2010 - and was
beaten to a top three spot by comedy Let's Be Cops.
Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges' new movie adaptation of Lois Lowry's
beloved book The Giver opened at five.