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Update:<\/b> “Guardians of the Galaxy” dominated the Friday box office with $37.8 million in receipts. That keeps it on a trajectory to set the August opening weekend record and score one of the three biggest opening weekend takes of the year.<\/p>\n

The current August record for an opening weekend, which is held by “The Bourne Ultimatum,” is $69.3 million. To deliver one of the year’s three biggest opening totals, “Guardians” would need to best the $93.2 million earned by “Godzilla.”<\/p>\n

Other top 5 films on Friday: “Lucy” (#2, $5.5 million), “Get on Up” (#3, $5.0 million), “Hercules” (#4, $3.2 million) and “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” (#5, $2.4 million).<\/em>
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It is far too early to make a precise projection about how much “Guardians of the Galaxy” will have grossed by the time its opening weekend comes to a close Sunday night.<\/p>\n

One can, however, bank on the fact that “Guardians of the Galaxy” will score the largest opening weekend gross ever for an August release. One should also expect the well-reviewed film to score one of 2014’s three largest opening weekends.<\/p>\n

As of press time, indications are that “Guardians of the Galaxy” grossed between $36 and $42 million over the course of its debut Friday. Assuming those forecasts hold, the film will be on track to score more than $95 million in receipts by the end of the weekend.<\/p>\n

To set the August record, “Guardians” would only need to earn more than the $69.3 million grossed by “The Bourne Ultimatum” between August 3 and August 5 in 2007. Based on current tracking, it should have no trouble whatsoever obliterating that record.<\/p>\n

To score one of the year’s top three openings, “Guardians” would need to best the $93.2 million earned by “Godzilla” in May. The year’s best and second-best opening marks are the $100.0 million earned by “Transformers: Age of Extinction” in June and the $95.0 million posted by “Captain America” in April, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[36,1050],"tags":[2691],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n"Guardians of the Galaxy" To Destroy August Box Office Record<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Update: "Guardians of the Galaxy" dominated the Friday box office with $37.8 million in receipts. 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