Guardians fight off box office competition

Guardians of the Galaxy remained at the top of the US box office this weekend.

Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper and Lee Pace star in the sci-fi film about an American pilot attempting to thwart evil, helping the feature to rake in more than $16.3 million this weekend, according to early estimates.

The film’s five-week worldwide total is now soaring at $547.7 million.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, starring Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher and Pete Ploszek, held on at two with nearly $11.8 million.

The Jonathan Liebesman-directed action adventure comedy, based on the comic book series about a team four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, now boasts a four-week worldwide total of more than $274.5 million.

R.J. Cutler drama If I Stay held on at three with nearly $9.3 million.

Chloë Grace Moretz stars in the feature, about a woman who faces a life-altering decision after a car accident puts her in a coma.

Thriller As Above/So Below debuted at four with $8.3 million. John Erick Dowdle directs the screenplay, about a search to uncover the dark secrets lying beneath the streets of Paris.

Luke Greenfield-directed comedy Let’s Be Cops slid from four to five with $8.2 million.

The feature stars Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Rob Riggle and Nina Dobrev in the story of a pair of pals who get tangled up with mobsters after dressing up as police officers for a party.