Horror, Scifi, Thriller Box Office Numbers, DVD Sales, and Television Viewership for the week of August 22 to August 28, 2014.
Box Office: Guardians of the Galaxy climbs back to the #1 spot in its fourth week of release. It’s also the second highest grossing movie of 2014 and will probably be #1 there too before the end of the weekend. Also, Sin City 2 bombs as predicated.
1 2 Guardians of the Galaxy $24,043,000 (Total: $258,297,000)
2 1 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles $21,846,000 (Total: $150,655,000)
6 5 The Giver $8,902,000 (Total: $26,272,000)
7 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For $8,591,000
10 6 Into the Storm $4,941,000 (Total: $39,443,000)
11 8 Lucy $4,844,000 (Total: $115,079,000)
15 12 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes $1,559,000 (Total: $204,419,000)
17 10 Hercules $1,178,000 (Total: $70,624,000)
22 21 Maleficent $830,000 (Total: $237,841,000)
25 28 Transformers: Age of Extinction $511,000 (Total: $243,950,000)
26 34 Earth to Echo $445,000 (Total: $38,173,000)
27 19 The Purge: Anarchy $402,000 (Total: $70,807,000)
30 26 X-Men: Days of Future Past $211,000 (Total: $232,815,000)
70 N/A Coherence $3,000 (Total: $92,000)
DVD Top 20: Titles for the current week.
1 The Amazing Spiderman 2
4 2 Transcendence
8 The Quiet Ones
Television Viewership: Farewell, “True Blood!” Only ever caught a few episodes, but I heard it was a great show! Also, “The Leftovers” is up in viewers and “Wizard Wars” holds strong in its second week.
Extant – 5,670,000
True Blood – 4,036,000
Falling Skies – 2,558,000T
The Strain – 2,434,000
Pretty Little Liars – 2,294,000
Doctor Who – 2,189,000
The Leftovers – 1,851,000
Teen Wolf – 1,483,000
Defiance – 1,355,000
Face Off – 1,286,000
Witches of East End – 1,017,000
Wizard Wars – 929,000