Last weekend’s box office top five was hotly-contested, with “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” “Meg 2: The Trench,” and “Oppenheimer” all vying for second place.
“Meg 2” ultimately landed the No.
2 spot, with “Mutant Mayhem” settling at No.
4.
It’s worth noting that “The Trench” owed its victory to $3.2 million in Thursday previews that, per box office tradition, were counted as part of its Friday total.
“Mutant Mayhem” released earlier in the week, and therefore only Friday-to-Sunday ticket sales were included in its weekend gross.
But either way, it was a very tight race with only a $2 million difference in the three movies’ totals.Now in their second weekend of release, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” and “Meg 2: The Trench” have swapped places and are starting to separate.
“Tmnt” is on track to drop just 48 percent this weekend, adding $14.6 million to its domestic gross and rising to third place on the charts,…
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