Guardians of the Galaxy reigns as US box office slumps

Sci-fi romp Guardians of the Galaxy is the top film at the North American box office again after one of the slowest weekends of the cinema-going year.

The Marvel release took $10.2m (£6.3m) between Friday and Sunday, swelling its overall takings in the US and Canada to more than $294m (£181.7m).

Overall, though, ticket receipts were down 23 percent on this time last year.

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