Fox’s Let’s Be Cops claimed first place on Wednesday as it earned a solid $5.2 million on opening day Wednesday, lining up with pre-release expectations of a 5-day bow close to $30 million. Cops’ first day take was 20 percent behind that of Tropic Thunder and 23 percent behind We’re the Millers.
Paramount reports that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles added $5.1 million on Wednesday, down 33 percent from the day prior. With a 6-day haul of $84.9 million, the successful franchise reboot is pacing 18 percent ahead of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra through the same point. Turtles also surpassed the inflation-adjusted lifetime domestic gross of 1993’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III ($83.2 million, $42.3 million non-adjusted).
Disney/Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy took in another $4.85 million yesterday for a healthy 45 percent week-to-week Wednesday decline. Strong word of mouth continues to propel the flick, having now reached $193.3 million domestically. The pic surpassed 22 Jump Street yesterday to become the ninth highest grossing film of 2014 so far, and will leap past Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Godzilla, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 over the coming weekend. Guardians is running 13 percent ahead of the pace of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and 2 percent ahead of Transformers: Age of Extinction.
The Hundred-Foot Journey brought in $1.38 million on Wednesday for a 20 percent day-to-day drop. With a 6-day cume of $15.4 million, the film is running 19 percent ahead of Million Dollar Arm.
Into the Storm added $1.35 million yesterday for a 34 percent day-to-day slide in fifth place. The special effects thriller has totaled $22.5 million in its first six days, 75 percent more than Pompeii.
Meanwhile, Step Up All In took sixth place and posted $0.61 million as it slid 33 percent from Tuesday. The fifth entry in the dance franchise has accumulated $8.7 million in six days, or 47 percent less than 2012’s Step Up Revolution.
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