In a surprise move the Turtles stormed the box office beating expectation and knocking last weeks top film Guardians of the Galaxy from the top spot.
The Turtles took a $65 million (including Thursday night previews) over it's debut weekend, making it one of the biggest August debuts, it's a boon a good year for August debuts with Guardians breaking the record last week.
Guardians of the Galaxy fell to number 2 this week, taking $42 million for the weekend it has not made $176 million in the US after 2 weeks of release.
Also hitting the US box office are: - Into The Storm - number 3 with $18 million - The Hundred-Foot Journey - at number 4 with $11 million - Step up 5 All In - number 6 with $6.5 million
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