In 2005, the original “Sin City” film opened to a weekend box office of $29.12 million. That movie’s sequel, “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For,” opens on 2,894 screens this weekend and its prospects for matching the original’s opening take are not good. The “Sin City” sequel is being released by Dimension Films, a subsidiary of The Weinstein Company. The nine-year delay since the first movie almost guarantees that the film will not do as well as its progenitor.

“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” is touted to pull in $16.5 million this weekend, second to young-adult film “If I Stay” from Time Warner Inc.’s (NYSE: TWX) Warner Bros. studio, which is opening on 2,907 screens and is expected to sell $21.5 million in tickets.

The weekend’s other new release, “When the Game Stands Tall,” comes from TriStar, a subsidiary of Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE). The film opens on 2,673 screens and is expected to post receipts of $9 million. The movie watchers at Box Office Mojo wonder if another high school sports movie, even one with a currently popular faith-based angle like this one, has anything to add to a genre that’s been mined recently by “Million Dollar Arm” and “Draft Day.”

Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) and its Buena Vista Studios’ “Guardians of the Galaxy” is forecast to finish in third place this weekend with $15.1 million in ticket sales to add to the more than $230 million the film has pulled in so far.

Behind “Guardians” but ahead of “When the Game Stands Tall” is last week’s box-office leader, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” from Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB). The “Turtles” hauled in more than $65 million two weeks ago on its opening weekend, and it led the race again last week with $28.5 million. Box Office Mojo expects the film to bring in about $14.8 million this weekend.

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