The post-Labor Day weekend is usually a quiet one at the box office and this one is no different with Guardians of the Galaxy safely headed to its fifth No. 1, while lone new wide release film, The Identical crashed and burned Friday.
Marvel's Guardians continues to dominate the recent weak weeks at the box office and on Friday earned $2.8 million and should just hit $10 million on the weekend, Deadline reports. The top domestic grossing film of 2014 is closing in on $300 million mark and will be close and will likely pass it by the end of next weekend, if not before.
The number two spot is likely to go to Fox's Let's Be Cops, which has done surprisingly well through its four weeks. The R-rated comedy grossed $1.53 million, just edging out teen drama If I Stay. The comedy should hit $5.2 million for the weekend and have a total cume of $66.7 million.
If I Stay followed with $1.52 million and is projected to hit $5 million over the three-day period, followed by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which earned $1.47 million. The film is projected to possibly snag the third spot from Chloe Grace-Moretz.
Last weekend's disappointing new releases The November Man and As Above, So Below followed with $1.23 million and $1.18 million, respectively on Friday. The spy film might hit $4 million, while the found footage thriller will be right behind.
Faith-based new release The Identical likely hoped to capitalize on the success of recent films and hungry Christian audiences, but it won't even come close and missed even yesterday's modest estimate of $900,000. According to The Hollywood Reporter the film grossed only $527,000, which means it will be lucky to even hit $2 million and appear in the box office top 10.
The Ray Liotta and Blake Rayne-starring film cost more than $32 million between its production and marketing budget. It's hardly likely the film will ever come anywhere close to recouping any of that.
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