Again swords and shields reign the box office, ‘cept it’s a different kind at the top spot. TMNT, the CGI follow-up to the eighties, then live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. People were eager enough to shell out a total of $25.5 million to this movie with a host of high profile voices (Sarah Michelle Gellar, the late Mako, Kevin Smith, Patrick Stewart, Laurence Fishburne, Ziyi Zhang).
\nThis means 300 will have to take the runner-up spot, still with an admirable $20.5 million.
\nAt 3, Shooter opens with $14.5 million. Not a spectacular premiere by any standard, but it’s probably to get its mid-budget returned ($60 million) when it ends its run.
\nLeftovers round out the top 5, with Wild Hogs adding $14.4 million and Premonition adding $10.1 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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