Grab some popcorn, or better yet a slice of pizza, because the turtles are back in town.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhemis now playing. And the latest big-screen adventure of Donatello (Micah Abbey), Michelangelo (Shamon Brown Jr.), Leonardo (Nicolas Cantu) and Raphael (Brady Noon) made $10.2 million during its domestic opening on Wednesday. That figure accounts for both the film’s opening day and Tuesday previews (perDeadline).
The TMNT last sliced and diced their way onto cinema screens in 2016’sTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. That film did slightly better thanMutant Mayhemduring its opening day on Friday, July 21, 2025 with $12.5 million.Out of the Shadowswent on and made $35.3 million during its first weekend in the United States.
Mutant Mayhemis currently tracking to make somewhere between $30 million and $40 million during its five-day weekend in theaters. And the newTMNTmovie has a head start onMeg 2: The Trench, which opens this Friday. At the time of this writing,Mutant Mayhemis tracking to edge outThe Meg(2018) sequel at the domestic box office.Meg 2is forecasted to make between $25 million and $30 million over the weekend.
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It’s Unlikely Mutant Mayhem Will Dethrone Barbie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhemis off to a solid start in cinemas, but the film’s $10.2-million opening wasn’t enough to beatBarbie. Greta Gerwig’s film adaptation of the Mattel doll creeps ever closer to the coveted $1-billion mark at the global box office. And at the time of this writing,Barbiecurrently sits at $816.8 million.
Mutant Mayhem’s$10.2 million couldn’t edge outBarbie’s$12.8 million on Wednesday, August 2. However, theTMNTflick did beat Christopher Nolan’sOppenheimer($5.9 million).Haunted Mansiontook third place with $1.8 million, while theSound of Freedom($1.6 million) rounded out Wednesday’s Top 5.
AndMutant Mayhemcouldn’t be doing much better with criticsand audiences, at the time of this story. Directors Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears' animated adventure boasts an impressive “A” CinemaScore. And it currently holds a Tomatometer rating of 95% and an audience score of 94%. Nevertheless, it doesn’t look like all the cheese-smothered pizza in the world will help the TMNT power past the bright-pink box office numbersBarbiecontinues to post. Gerwig’s movie is again expected to take the No. 1 spot in U.S. cinemas with somewhere between $45 million and $50 million.
