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"Guardians of the Galaxy is on the way to breaking a box office record. Box office company Fandango claims that the Marvel Studios film is on course to win the most pre-order tickets for an August release in its history.  James Gunn&amp;#039;s sci-fi adventure is soon expected to overtake The Bourne Ultimatum, reports Variety. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper star as a mismatched team of criminals and outlaws who must prevent a potential universe-destroying weapon from falling into the wrong hands. Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace and Josh Brolin play the villains who oppose them. Guardians was considered a gamble for Marvel - being the studio&amp;#039;s first film not based on a well-established property - but has been well received by critics.  Read our Guardians of the Galaxy review: &amp;quot;Not the superhero movie you were expecting&amp;quot; A sequel has already been announced for 2017, with Gunn returning to direct. Guardians of the Galaxy opened in UK cinemas yesterday (July 31) and arrives in the US today (August 1) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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