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August 22, 2014 at 2:36 a.m.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday (except Let’s Be Cops, which opened Aug. 13), followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Rentrak, are:

  1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Paramount, $28,523,147, 3,980 locations, $7,167 average, $117,765,383, 2 weeks.

  2. Guardians of the Galaxy, Disney, $25,115,564, 3,697 locations, $6,793 average, $222,661,385, 3 weeks.

  3. Let’s Be Cops, 20th Century Fox, $17,813,722, 3,094 locations, $5,758 average, $26,220,986, 1 week.

  4. The Expendables 3, Lionsgate, $15,879,645, 3,221 locations, $4,930 average, $15,879,645, 1 week.

  5. The Giver, The Weinstein Co., $12,305,016, 3,003 locations, $4,098 average, $12,305,016, 1 week.

  6. Into the Storm, Warner Bros., $7,892,239, 3,434 locations, $2,298 average, $31,513,675, 2 weeks.

  7. The Hundred-Foot Journey, Disney, $7,176,092, 2,043 locations, $3,513 average, $23,686,223, 2 weeks.

  8. Lucy, Universal, $5,493,685, 2,520 locations, $2,180 average, $107,713,190, 4 weeks.

  9. Step Up All In, Lionsgate, $2,659,026, 2,072 locations, $1,283 average, $11,808,360, 2 weeks.

  10. Hercules, Paramount, $2,127,874, 1,475 locations, $1,443 average, $68,169,096, 4 weeks.

  11. Boyhood, IFC Films, $1,992,448, 771 locations, $2,584 average, $13,642,910, 6 weeks.

  12. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, 20th Century Fox, $1,984,776, 1,262 locations, $1,573 average, $201,897,136, 6 weeks.

  13. Get on Up, Universal, $1,949,295, 1,101 locations, $1,770 average, $27,049,950, 3 weeks.

  14. Magic in the Moonlight, Sony Pictures Classics, $1,786,150, 964 locations, $1,853 average, $4,616,606, 4 weeks.

  15. A Most Wanted Man, Roadside Attractions, $1,256,384, 644 locations, $1,951 average, $12,645,062, 4 weeks.

  16. Planes: Fire and Rescue, Disney, $1,027,609, 960 locations, $1,070 average, $55,723,368, 5 weeks.

  17. What If, CBS Films, $854,364, 787 locations, $1,086 average, $1,060,219, 2 weeks.

  18. Singham Returns, Eros Entertainment, $654,045, 127 locations, $5,150 average, $654,045, 1 week.

  19. The Purge: Anarchy, Universal, $632,910, 575 locations, $1,101 average, $70,127,290, 5 weeks.

  20. How to Train Your Dragon 2, 20th Century Fox, $579,545, 377 locations, $1,537 average, $171,242,138, 10 weeks.

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