Marvel’s GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Has Record Breaking $94 Million Box Office Weekend; $160M Worldwide

Guardians of the Galaxy RULES! Moviegoers were living in the Age of Marvel this weekend as director James Gunn’s epic film took in $94 miilion at the box office domestically, $66.4 million overseas. Estimates have GUARDIANS tipping the global scales at $160 million making it the number one August opener of all-time.

During Comic Con last weekend, Gunn announced via Twitter that he was on board for GUARDIANS 2.

Yes, I’m writing and directing the sequel to #GuardiansoftheGalaxy for theaters July 28 2017. But first go see the first one out next week!

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 27, 2014

Here’s where the film stands now:

Cinemascore – A
Metacritic – 76
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%

Read our review HERE

Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close and Benicio del Toro, the movie’s score is from composer Tyler Bates (300, DAWN OF THE DEAD, SLITHER).

Read our interview with him HERE.

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Meanwhile the TRANSFORMERS franchise shows no signs of stopping as Michael Bay’s TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION crossed the $1 billion mark globally. Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Li Bingbing , Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles, T. J. Miller, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor and Titus Welliver star in the fourth film. (Opened June 27).

20th Century Fox’s hit DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES has brought in $189M in the U.S.  Along with an international boost from foreign markets, the total now stands at $449 million worldwide. Bowing in cinemas on July 11th, Matt Reeves’ sequel stars Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell, and Kodi Smith-McPhee.

BOYHOOD (IFC Films) expanded to 311 theaters giving Richard Linklater’s film an estimated take of $7.5 million. The cast includes Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, Lorelei Linklater and Patricia Arquette and the movie has been a critical sensation since it was released earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival.

Opening in theaters nationwide next weekend (Aug. 8) is Paramount Pictures’ TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, Warner Bros. Pictures’ INTO THE STORM and Dreamworks Pictures’ THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY .

1. Guardians Of The Galaxy – Disney – $94.0M
2. Lucy – Universal – $18.3M
3. Get On Up – Universal – $14.0M
4. Hercules – Paramount – $10.7M
5. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes – 20th Century Fox – $8.7M
6. Planes: Fire and Rescue – Disney – $6.4M
7. Purge: Anarchy, The – Universal – $5.6M
8. Sex Tape – Sony – $3.5M
9. And So It Goes – Freestyle Releasing – $3.3M
10. Most Wanted Man, A – Roadside Attractions – $3.3M
11. Boyhood – IFC Films – $2.5M
12. Transformers: Age Of Extinction – Paramount – $2.2M

© Rentrak Corporation 2014