(Source: www.boxofficemojo.com)
It was a bittersweet victory for Imagi/Warner Bros.' animated movie TMNT. It was the first flick to stop 300's run as the #1 movie but it didn't make as much on its opening weekend as two of its predecessors.
TMNT took $25,450,000 million at the box office over this past weekend. The first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie (released on April 1, 1990) made $25,398,367 in its first weekend in theatres but, when adjusted for inflation, was more like $40 million. 1991's sequel, The Secret of the Ooze, made $20,030,473 in its first weekend. Again, when adjusted for inflation, that goes up to over $30 million.
Less-than-stellar reviews hampered the flick's chances, with TMNT earning a 25% Rotten Rating on RottenTomatoes.com. Still, Warner Bros.' president of distribution Dan Fellman claimed to be happy with the results.
"I was hoping we could get TMNT to the high teen millions," he said about the flick, which cost $35 million to make.
Since 300 is also a Warner Bros. property, that meant that the studio held both top spots for that weekend, which was 29% better than last year's.
The only other animated flick still in theatres was George Miller's Happy Feet, which sat in the #22 spot. It added another $444,000 to its total, which means it has made $197,256,000 in its 19 weeks in theatres.
