According to the weekend Box Office Report, Guardians of the
Galaxy came in second at the US box office this week, doing $41.5 million in its
second weekend. The film had a 56% fall which is right about in line with the
Phase Two Marvel films–Iron Man 3 dropped 58% while Thor: The Dark World and
Captain America: The Winter Soldier both fell 57%. Guardians likely would have
fallen less if not for Turtles’ overperformance. The space epic has a two-week
total of $175.9 million domestically and $313.2 million worldwide from a $170
million budget. It should finish with around Winter Soldier’s $260 million
domestic total when it’s complete.
As reported over the weekend by TMZ.com, Director James Gunn gave
Batista a specially made, one of a kind, Drax lunchbox as his gift for making
the film. Batista collects the classic metal lunchboxes.
Batista gave several members of the cast personalized WWE
championship belts as gifts.
