Marvel’s ‘Guardians’ Tops Box Office With $94.3 Million
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“Guardians of the Galaxy,” the latest action film from Walt Disney Co.’s Marvel Studios, opened as the top weekend picture in cinemas, smashing forecasts with ticket sales of $94.3 million for the best August debut ever.
The picture, a funnier take on usually serious super-hero films, was forecast to pull in $72 million to $75 million, the estimates of BoxOfficeGuru.com and BoxOffice.com. “Get On Up,” a biopic about singer James Brown from Universal Pictures, opened in third place with sales of $13.6 million, researcher Rentrak Corp. said today in an e-mailed statement.