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Expendables 2 raids US box office | Expendables 2 raids US box office |
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Action heroes led by Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger have stormed to the top of the North American box office chart with The Expendables 2. | Action heroes led by Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger have stormed to the top of the North American box office chart with The Expendables 2. |
The full-throttle film sequel also stars Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Jet Li in the tale of a gang of military mercenaries. | The full-throttle film sequel also stars Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Jet Li in the tale of a gang of military mercenaries. |
The film took $28.8m (£18.3m) over the weekend, according to studio estimates. | The film took $28.8m (£18.3m) over the weekend, according to studio estimates. |
It knocked The Bourne Legacy into second place with $17m (£11m), while animated comedy ParaNorman is in third. | It knocked The Bourne Legacy into second place with $17m (£11m), while animated comedy ParaNorman is in third. |
That film features a boy named Norman who can talk to ghosts and works to save his town from a zombie apocalypse. | That film features a boy named Norman who can talk to ghosts and works to save his town from a zombie apocalypse. |
Will Ferrell's political spoof The Campaign is in fourth place, followed by a new entry for Motown story Sparkle, a remake of the 1976 musical. | Will Ferrell's political spoof The Campaign is in fourth place, followed by a new entry for Motown story Sparkle, a remake of the 1976 musical. |
Sparkle was the final movie role for Whitney Houston, who starred alongside American Idol winner Jordin Sparks before her death in February. | Sparkle was the final movie role for Whitney Houston, who starred alongside American Idol winner Jordin Sparks before her death in February. |
href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133_20591826,00.html" >Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gliberman wrote that the "gravelly conviction" of Houston's performance proved that "this could have been the first step not merely in a comeback but in a major re-invention". | |
USA Today's Claudia Puig wrote: "Envisioned as a starring vehicle for Sparks, Sparkle is also a fitting curtain call for Houston." | |
In sixth place in the box office chart, The Dark Knight Rises made $11.1m (£7m), taking it past $400m (£255m) and above The Hunger Games as the second most successful film of the year so far. | |
The Avengers is still comfortably the year's biggest hit, having taken $618m (£393m) in the US and Canada. | The Avengers is still comfortably the year's biggest hit, having taken $618m (£393m) in the US and Canada. |
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