Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tops U.S. Box Office

by Helen Earnshaw | 6 June 2016

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows has taken the top spot at the U.S. box office, toppling X-Men: Apocalypse after just one week.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Out of the Shadows is the second film in the new rebooted TMNT series and sees the likes of Megan Fox and Will Arnett return while Stephen Amell is the big new addition to the cast list.

The movie took over $35 million in its opening weekend to easily beat X-Men: Apocalypse into second place. The latest X-Men film, which has been struggling with the critics, took a further $22.3 million to slip just the single place to number two.

Despite the lukewarm reviews, the movie has grossed over $402 million at the global box office so far and continues to perform well as fans of the franchise flock to see it.

Me Before You was the second new entry inside the top ten as the romance movie opened at number three. Me Before You is a big screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Jojo Moyes - who turned her own book into a screenplay.

The movie sees Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin take on the central roles of Lou Clark and Will Traynor while Thea Sharrock is in the director's chair. The film took $18.2 million in its first weekend to open at number three.

Alice Through The Looking Glass was down two places this week at four while The Angry Birds Movie was also a two place faller at five.

Captain America: Civil War fell out of the top five for the first time as the movie slipped tow places from four to six. Bad Neighbours 2 was another two place faller as it ended the weekend at number seven.

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping was the third and final new entry inside the top ten this week as it opened at number eight.

The Jungle Book and The Nice Guys were this week's biggest fallers as they both slipped three places to round off the top ten at nine and ten.