Family film The Game Plan has beaten Middle Eastern terror thriller The Kingdom to become the weekend's biggest box office success in North America.
The Disney movie took $22.7m (£11m), leaving its rival - starring Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner - trailing in second place with $17.7m (£8.6m). Last week's number one, Resident Evil: Extinction, suffered a 66% slump in ticket sales and fell to number three. Cinema takings dropped for a second weekend following a record summer. 'Pent-up demand' The top 12 films made a total of $76.7m (£37.4m) - down 11% compared to the same weekend last year. Paul Deragabedian, president of Media By Numbers who assess the US box office, said: "It would be really difficult to maintain three, four months of 'up' box office, so this was kind of inevitable." He added that last autumn was strong, "so we're having a little trouble competing". The Game Plan is about a footballer whose life is distrupted by the arrival of a daughter he never knew existed. Its star is former wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, better known as an action hero. "There was definitely pent-up demand for people who don't necessarily want to go to the heavy 'R-rated' films," according to Chuck Viane, the head of distribution for Disney. Elsewhere, the only other entry in the top 10 was Beatle-themed musical film Across the Universe. It climbed to number 10 on its third week of release.Source: BBC
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