Shell shock! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 crawls to the top of the box office with a disappointing $35.3m while Zootopia nabs $1b worldwide 

The first movie in the rebooted reptilian franchise debuted to an impressive $65.6 million in 2014.

No such luck for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows, which only managed to pull in a disappointing $35.3 million over the weekend 

Paramount shelled out $135 million on the pizza-munching superheroes.

Under performing: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows only managed to pull in a disappointing $35.3 million over the weekend. Still it was enough to gain the top spot

Under performing: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows only managed to pull in a disappointing $35.3 million over the weekend. Still it was enough to gain the top spot

Now it's only hope of recouping that budget is the Turtles' global performance.

The action movie amassed another $34 million in 40 countries, including Russia, Mexico and the UK, and has still to open in other territories, such as China.

Still, the Turtles managed to push X-Men: Apocalypse off the top spot. 

The superhero sequel slid more than 65% to earn $22.3 in its second week for a second place finish. X-Men has earned $116.5 million at home since debuting over Memorial Day and $402.5 million globally 

In a chokehold: X-Men: Apocalypse came in with $22.3 in its second weekend for a second place finish. It has earned $116.5 million at home since debuting over Memorial Day weekend and $402.5 million globally

In a chokehold: X-Men: Apocalypse came in with $22.3 in its second weekend for a second place finish. It has earned $116.5 million at home since debuting over Memorial Day weekend and $402.5 million globally

The look of love: Me Before You, co-starring Emilia Clarke as a young caregiver who falls in love with a paralyzed millionaire, played by Sam Claflin, reeled in $18.3 million, almost recouping its $20 million budget

The look of love: Me Before You, co-starring Emilia Clarke as a young caregiver who falls in love with a paralyzed millionaire, played by Sam Claflin, reeled in $18.3 million, almost recouping its $20 million budget

In third place, New Line and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer scored with love story Me Before You, co-starring Emilia Clarke as a young caregiver who falls in love with a paralyzed millionaire, played by Sam Claflin.

It reeled in $18.3 million, almost recouping its $20 million budget in just one weekend. 

Disney's Alice Through The Looking Glass came in at No, 4 with $10.7 million in its second weekend, for a disappointing $50.7 million total.

Losing its appeal: Disney's Alice Through The Looking Glass came in at No, 4 with $10.7 million in its second weekend, for a disappointing $50.7 million total

Losing its appeal: Disney's Alice Through The Looking Glass came in at No, 4 with $10.7 million in its second weekend, for a disappointing $50.7 million total

High flyer:Sony's The Angry Birds Movie rounded out the Top Five with $9.7 million in its fourth weekend, pushing the family films' gross to $86.7 million and $283.5 million globally

High flyer:Sony's The Angry Birds Movie rounded out the Top Five with $9.7 million in its fourth weekend, pushing the family films' gross to $86.7 million and $283.5 million globally

Again, international sales are bolstering the mega-budget sequel, which has earned $173.6 million worldwide. 

Sony's The Angry Birds Movie rounded out the Top Five with $9.7 million in its fourth weekend, pushing the family films' gross to $86.7 million and $283.5 million globally. 

The weekend's other new release, Adam Sandler's music parody Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping flopped, earning just $4.6 million.

Pop flop: The weekend's other new release, Adam Sandler's music parody Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping bombed, earning just $4.6 million

Pop flop: The weekend's other new release, Adam Sandler's music parody Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping bombed, earning just $4.6 million

Universal spent $20 million on the mockumentary, that stars Andy Samberg as a Justin Bieber-like music prodigy and reunites the comedian with his Lonely Island band. 

Meanwhile, Disney's Zootopia has reeled in just over $1 billion globally in its 17 weeks of release, the second film in 2016 to achieve the milestone after Disney's Captain America: Civil War, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

It's the fourth animated film to rake in that huge haul following Disney's Frozen ($1.277 billion), Illumination Entertainment's Minions ($1.159 billion) and Pixar's Toy Story 3 ($1.063 billion), not accounting for inflation.

Money maker: Disney's Zootopia has reeled in just over $1 billion globally in its 17 weeks of release, the second film in 2016 to achieve the milestone after Disney's Captain America: Civil War

Money maker: Disney's Zootopia has reeled in just over $1 billion globally in its 17 weeks of release, the second film in 2016 to achieve the milestone after Disney's Captain America: Civil War

 

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