Break out the pizzas and nunchucks.
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” is getting another week in theaters after the 1990 classic scored $3.3 million at the box office.
This means that the movie, which had returned to theaters Aug. 15 for its 35th anniversary, will now stay in select theaters through Thursday, Aug. 28, Fathom Entertainment says.
These 35th anniversary screenings of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” have made the movie Fathom’s highest-grossing repertory film of the year.
Originally released by New Line Cinema, “TMNT,” directed by Steve Barron, grossed more than $135 million after its March 1990 release, topping the box office.
Splinter: so wise, so mutated.
The film, based on the comic book characters created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird — who also spawned the 1987 animated series — follows the adventures of pizza-eating, crime-fighting mutant turtles named for Italian master artists Michelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello and Raphael.
The turtles, who are skilled in martial arts, team up with their mutant rat sensei Splinter and their new friend, reporter April O’Neil (Judith Hoag), to fight the bad guys and their leader, the villain Shredder.
Live-action mutant characters are voiced by Corey Feldman (Donatello), Josh Pais (Raphael), Robbie Rist (Michelangelo), Brian Tochi (Leonardo) and Kevin Clash (Splinter).
The movie’s return to theaters via Fathom comes with a “Turtles Unmasked” featurette with archival footage and cut scenes.
The 35th anniversary screenings’ strong opening week at the box office, a testament to enduring turtle power — or millennial nostalgia — could bode well for the next “TMNT” film to return to theaters.
Ninja turtle fans will only have to wait a few months for that one.
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze,” released in 1991, is coming back to theaters in March.
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The sequel sees the return of Shredder and his Foot Clan.
It also introduces more creatures in the form of Tokka (snapping turtle) and Rahzar (wolf), who are made from the same “ooze” that transformed the turtles.
While the second “TMNT” movie did not make as much money as the first, it was still No. 1 at the box office and took in more than $78 million.
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” rated PG, runs 1 hour and 40 minutes. For tickets and showtimes, visit fathomentertainment.com
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