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| Clooney and Bullock's Gravity rockets to top of film chart | Clooney and Bullock's Gravity rockets to top of film chart |
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| Space film Gravity, starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, has shot straight to the top of the US box office in its opening weekend. | Space film Gravity, starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, has shot straight to the top of the US box office in its opening weekend. |
| According to early estimates, the movie took $55.55m (£34.62m) over the weekend, making it the biggest October opening since records began. | According to early estimates, the movie took $55.55m (£34.62m) over the weekend, making it the biggest October opening since records began. |
| The figure also ensured it was the biggest opening for a film starring Bullock or Clooney. | The figure also ensured it was the biggest opening for a film starring Bullock or Clooney. |
| The film, set almost entirely in space, is directed by Alfonso Cuaron. | The film, set almost entirely in space, is directed by Alfonso Cuaron. |
| Clooney and Bullock play an astronaut and a medical engineer who work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space. | Clooney and Bullock play an astronaut and a medical engineer who work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space. |
| Last week's number one, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, dropped into second slot with $21.5m (£13.4m). | Last week's number one, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, dropped into second slot with $21.5m (£13.4m). |
| Based on a children's book, the first film - Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs - was a breakout hit for Sony Animation in 2009. | Based on a children's book, the first film - Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs - was a breakout hit for Sony Animation in 2009. |
| The follow-up is an original story, in which inventor Flint Lockwood must save the day after one of his inventions malfunctions, creating food-animal creatures, or animals made of food, that overtake the region of Swallow Falls. | The follow-up is an original story, in which inventor Flint Lockwood must save the day after one of his inventions malfunctions, creating food-animal creatures, or animals made of food, that overtake the region of Swallow Falls. |
| Adult drama | Adult drama |
| Runner Runner, starring Oscar-winner Ben Affleck and pop star and actor Justin Timberlake, opened in third place, taking just $7.6m (£4.7m). | |
| The crime thriller follows Timberlake as a graduate student who goes to Costa Rica to confront an online gambling tycoon played by Affleck, who swindles him. | The crime thriller follows Timberlake as a graduate student who goes to Costa Rica to confront an online gambling tycoon played by Affleck, who swindles him. |
| Former number one Prisoners, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman, slipped from second place to fourth. | Former number one Prisoners, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman, slipped from second place to fourth. |
| Formula One movie Rush, which depicts the rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda, took fifth spot. | Formula One movie Rush, which depicts the rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda, took fifth spot. |
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut, Don Jon, about a porn addict looking for love, was next in sixth place. | Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut, Don Jon, about a porn addict looking for love, was next in sixth place. |
| "The adult drama is back, and fall is the season for the adult drama," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak. | "The adult drama is back, and fall is the season for the adult drama," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak. |
| "This is when you get your more challenging films, some of the more esoteric fare." | "This is when you get your more challenging films, some of the more esoteric fare." |