By Ronald Grover and Chris Michaud LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – “Lucy,” starring Scarlett Johansson as a woman with a super-powered brain, collected $44 million to win the domestic box office race, outmuscling “Hercules” which took in $29 million for second place. “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” which topped the box office the past two weekends, finished third with $16.4 million. “Lucy,” directed by French action film specialist Luc Besson, stars Johansson as a woman who can stop traffic and move objects with her mind after a drug planted in her body causes her brain to operate at abnormally high levels. The special effects-laden film was made for a relatively inexpensive $40 million, according to the movie site Box Office Mojo.
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