To say I’m shocked would be an understatement. Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller’s follow-up to 2005’s Sin City was supposed to be a guaranteed box office success. With the Eva Green areola poster controversy, the addition of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and the GIFs of Jessica Alba gyrating, how could it not print money? Yet somehow, someway, the film bombed hard, making only an estimated $6,477,000 in ticket sales this weekend. To give a little perspective, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For screened in 2,894 theaters, making an average of only $2,238 at each one. That’s embarrassingly abysmal for a sequel to a film that made almost $160m during its initial run. With a debut this low, the odds of the film turning a profit are slim to none.
In other box office news, Guardians of the Galaxy overtook the top spot from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles‘ run by making $17.6m over the latter’s $16.8m. The Chloe Grace Moretz tearjerker, If I Stay, came in third with $16.3m, with Let’s Be Cops and When the Game Stands Tall making $11m and $9.1m, respectively, to round out the top five. You can check out this weekend’s full box office numbers below.
1. Guardians of the Galaxy – $17,631,000
2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – $16,800,000
3. If I Stay – $16,355,000
4. Let’s Be Cops – $11,000,000
5. When The Game Stands Tall – $9,100,000
6. The Giver – $6,730,000
7. The Expendables 3 – $6,600,000
8. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For – $6,477,000
9. The Hundred-Foot Journey – $5,562,000
10. Into the Storm – $3,800,000
[via Rentrak]