HOLLYWOOD - Scarlett Johansson's 'Lucy' has an impressive start for an action film featuring a female heroine.

The movie, directed by Luc Besson, easily showed more muscle than Dwayne Johnson's epic Hercules, which debuted at No. 2.

The new films weren't able to cure the ailing box office. Revenue was once again down, this time by nearly 12 percent from the same week a year ago. The summer ticket sales continues to be down by more than 20 percent.

'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes', however, is doing big business around the world. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)

Story Date: August 1, 2014