--- description: The goofy space epic dominated box offices this weekend title: 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Destroys Box-Office Record With $94M Haul image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7efa553697502d1/69869e37810bbbce71c92dc2/3650073-guardians-of-the-galaxy-hi-res-photo-11.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Guardians of the Galaxy_ Sets August Box-Office Record  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 3, 2014 3:58 PM CUT  Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy." Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy."Marvel  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 3, 2014 3:58 PM CUT Having a sense of humor [pays off for superhero movies](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-guardians-galaxy-amazes-723049 "undefined") too. The Marvel sci-fi comedy _Guardians of the Galaxy_ had the biggest August opening of all time with a $94 million domestic weekend gross, according to _The Hollywood Reporter_. The previous August record holder, _The Bourne Ultimatum_, earned only $69.3 million in 2007. The widest August release ever with more than 4,000 theaters showing the film, _Guardians_ is also the second biggest blockbuster of the relatively weak 2014 summer season, behind _Transformers: Age of Extinction_. _Guardians_ also performed well overseas, pulling in $66.4 million internationally. The film earned more than expected, which bodes well for the previously announced sequel Marvel and Disney already have planned for July 2017. _Lucy_, the Luc Besson film starring Scarlett Johansson, fell to the No. 2 spot after winning box offices last weekend, while the James Brown biopic _Get On Up_ came in third with a $14 million domestic gross. \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-guardians-galaxy-amazes-723049 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3075957/guardians-of-the-galaxy-box-office/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3075957/guardians-of-the-galaxy-box-office/"},"headline":"Guardians of the Galaxy Sets August Box-Office Record","datePublished":"2014-08-03T15:58:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:28:50.293Z","description":"The goofy space epic dominated box offices at home and overseas this weekend","url":"https://time.com/3075957/guardians-of-the-galaxy-box-office/","keywords":["movies","Box-office","guardians of the galaxy","chris pratt"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7efa553697502d1/69869e37810bbbce71c92dc2/3650073-guardians-of-the-galaxy-hi-res-photo-11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7efa553697502d1/69869e37810bbbce71c92dc2/3650073-guardians-of-the-galaxy-hi-res-photo-11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"From left: Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper), Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) and Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer in Marvel's \"Guardians of the Galaxy.\"","caption":"From left: Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper), Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) and Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer in Marvel's \"Guardians of the Galaxy.\"","creditText":"Marvel","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3075957/guardians-of-the-galaxy-box-office/","name":"Guardians of the Galaxy Sets August Box-Office Record"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Guardians of the Galaxy Full Trailer Official","description":"Guardians of the Galaxy Full Trailer Official","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/H4IU6dPN/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-29T18:55:08.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/H4IU6dPN.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3075957/guardians-of-the-galaxy-box-office/","duration":"PT2M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3075957/guardians-of-the-galaxy-box-office/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```