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Updated Ninja Turtles power into theaters

By TIMES WIRES
Published March 26, 2007

The Ninja Turtles are back, and they're winning. The Warner Bros. adventure TMNT, a computer-animated update of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics, cartoons and 1990s live-action movies, debuted as the top weekend flick with $25.45-million in ticket sales, studios estimated Sunday. Warner also had the second-place movie with 300, which had been No. 1 the previous two weekends, the Associated Press reported. The battle epic took in $20.5-million, lifting its total to $162.4-million. Shooter, starring Mark Wahlberg as an ex-Marine sniper, led the runners-up among a rush of new movies, opening at No. 3 with $14.5-million. The family fantasy The Last Mimzy premiered in fifth place with $10.2-million. The horror sequel The Hills Have Eyes 2 opened at No. 7 with $10-million. Adam Sandler had a soft debut for his latest dramatic detour, the post-Sept. 11 drama Reign Over Me, which came in at No. 8 with $8-million. Lionsgate's sports tale Pride, starring Terrence Howard and Bernie Mac, opened with $4-million to come in at No. 9.

[Last modified March 26, 2007, 07:05:01]