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Monster movie tops box office
21/01/2008 11:50 - (SA)
Los Angeles - Monster movie Cloverfield, about a giant lizard's attack on Manhattan, debuted at the top of the North American box office this weekend, according to preliminary figures on Sunday.
The low-budget depiction of the fictional attack, filmed as if captured on a hand-held video camera, pulled in some $41m, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.
Wedding comedy 27 Dresses about a woman's frantic search for the perfect bridesmaid's frock, came in second place with $22.4m.
In third place was The Bucket List at $15.2m, starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as elderly cancer patients on a quest to whittle down their life-long wish list before they "kick the bucket."
In fourth place was Juno, the acclaimed independent comedy-drama about a teenager attempting to cope with an unplanned pregnancy, which took in $10.3m at US and Canadian movie houses.
Quick cash
Nicolas Cage's action film National Treasure: Book of Secrets was in fifth place with $8.1m in ticket sales, taking its five-week total past $198m.
First Sunday, about a deadbeat dad scrambling to come up with bundle of quick cash, earned $7.8m for sixth place.
Debuting in seventh place was Mad Money an American remake of a British TV movie, at $7.7m.
Alvin and the Chipmunks came in eighth place with $7m, netting a total of $196m since its release last month.
I Am Legend, starring box office icon Will Smith came in ninth place with $5.1m, for a six-week blockbuster total of $247.7m.
Rounding out the top 10 was Atonement ($4.8m).
- AFP
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