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20th Century Fox’s teen-powered The Maze Runner opened to a pleasing $32.5 million at the North American box office, more than double the $13.1 million debut of Liam Neeson’s R-rated action offering A Walk Among the Tombstones. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, September 21, are as follows: RANK TITLE DISTRIBUTOR …

Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson’s new thriller No Good Deed sprinted past family offering Dolphin Tale 2 to win the North American box-office race with $24.5 million from 2,175 theaters, marking another win for producer Will Packer and Screen Gems. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of …

Marvel and Disney’s Guardians of the Galaxy stayed at No. 1 in its sixth weekend, grossing $10.6 million for a domestic total of $294.6 million. Globally, the tentpole has earned $586.2 million, surpassing the first Iron Man ($585 million). Guardians is the top-grossing film of 2014 so far in North America, eclipsing the $259.8 million earned by fellow …

Closing out the troubled summer at the North American box office, James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy easily ruled the Labor Day holiday, earning a victorious $22.2 million in its fifth weekend for domestic total of $280 million. It will even break the curse that has plagued other summer tentpoles and hit …

The penultimate weekend of summer ranged from lackluster to terrible for new offerings If I Stay andSin City: A Dame to Kill For, making way for Guardians of the Galaxy to reclaim the top spot at the North American box office as it became the top grossing film of the season. Marvel Studios and …

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” easily stayed atop the North American box office as “The Expendables 3” underperformed in its debut, grossing just $16.2 million. Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies’ TMNT remained at No. 1 in its second weekend, falling 57 percent to an estimated $28.4 million for a …

Scarlett Johansson’s Lucy opened to a winning $44 million at the North American box office, an impressive start for an action film featuring a female heroine. The movie, directed by Luc Besson, easily showed more muscle than Dwayne Johnson’s epic Hercules, which debuted at No. 2 to roughly $29 million …

This weekend brought more bad news for the summer box office, with revenue in North America tumbling 24 percent over the same frame last year, as a trio of new films — The Purge: Anarchy, Planes: Fire & Rescue and Sex Tape — all did less business than expected. Fox’s Dawn of the Planet of the …

Fox’s critically acclaimed sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes roared its way to a stellar $73 million debut at the domestic box office, well ahead of the $54.8 million debut of Rise of the Planet of the Apes in August 2011 and furthering the studio’s winning streak this …

Paramount’s Transformers: Age of Extinction debuted to $100 million in North America, the best number of the year to date and reinvigorating the giant robot franchise. Overseas, it was even more massive in its initial assault, taking in $201.3 million for a worldwide bow of $301.3 million. The top 12 …