'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows' News Update: Fantasy Movie made $35.3 million on the first weekend

By Rida - 06 Jun '16 20:41PM
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Heard that exactly right! 

'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows' made $35.3 million on the first weekend at box office.

"In 2014, people were running out to see Ninja Turtles out of nostalgia for the past movies and the TV show," says Jeff Bock, box office analyst for Exhibitor Relations. "But the fans are clearly not as enthusiastic about one movie every two years. This is a lesson for Hollywood, which is suffering with sequels this summer."

TMNT2, crime fighters did improve unlikely as in 2014. Moviegoers gave the 2014 version a B grade on CinemaScore, while the 2016 sequel received an A-. But critics still loathed Out of the Shadows, branding it with a lowly 37% approval rating on review aggregate site RottenTomatoes.

X-Men franchise, X-Men: Apocalypse, earned $22.3 million in its second weekend, totalling it to $116.5 million.

Romantic drama Me Before You stood at third -place debut with $18.3 million. The movie received 55% positive rating on RottenTomatoes but an A on CinemaScore.

"Me Before You was a true bright spot in this weekend's box-office derby that clearly struck a chord with audiences looking for something completely different from the typical summer fare," says Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for comScore. "This paid off big."

Alice Through the Looking Glass disappointed since its opening on Memorial Day weekend standing fourth with $10.7 million ($50.8 million total).

The animated Angry Birds Movie stayed at position five with $9.8 million. The PG-rated screen adaptation of the popular game app has earned $86.7 million in three weeks.

The coming weekend will surely decide TMNT2 film's total earnings.

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