In the first week of fall in North America, the list of best-selling movies was surprising when the top spot belonged to a late-summer blockbuster.
With this level of revenue, Guardians of the Galaxy is currently the second most popular film in North America in 2014 after Captain America: The Winter Soldier (259.8 million USD) and has the potential to take the throne.
`Guardians of the Galaxy` still proves its appeal when achieving impressive revenue.
One of the reasons why Marvel’s blockbuster returned to the top is that the movies released last week were less popular.
Chloe Grace Moretz stars in `If I Stay`.
If I Stay – the new face of this week’s chart takes third place with revenue of 16.35 million USD.
With a production budget of only 11 million USD, the revenue of 16.35 million USD is considered a successful debut for the film starring young actress Chloe Grace Moretz.
A scene from `When the Game Stands Tall`.
When the Game Stands Tall, a film adaptation with a sports theme, ranked fifth with $9 million in revenue.
The most disappointing this week is the action-crime movie Sin City: A Dame to Kill for.
Poster `Sin City: A Dame to Kill for`.
The remaining films in the Top 10 this week: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Let’s Be Cops, The Giver, The Expendables 3, The Hundred-Foot Journey and Into the Storm.
Movies likely to appear in the Top 10 next week include: As Above So Below, The November Man, The Congress, Life of Crime and Starred Up.
Top 10 most popular movies in North America this week:
1. Guardians of the Galaxy – Disney/Marvel – 17.6 million USD
2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Paramount – 16.8 million USD
3. If I Stay – Warner Bros./New Line/MGM – 16.5 million USD
4. Let’s Be Cops – 20th Century Fox – 11 million USD
5. When the Game Stands Tall – Sony – 9 million USD
6. The Giver – The Weinstein Co./Walden – 6.7 million USD
7. The Expendables 3 – Lionsgate/Millennium – 6.6 million USD
8. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For – The Weinstein Co./Dimension  – 6.5 million USD
9. The Hundred-Foot Journey – Disney/DreamWorks – 5.6 million USD
10. Into the Storm – Warner Bros./New Line – $3.8 million
