Taken 2 scores $50m US opening weekend
Liam Neeson's thriller sequel Taken 2 has topped the US and Canadian box
office, taking $50 million (£31.1m), despite a poor reception from critics.
That is
double the opening weekend for the original film, which took $24.7 million
(£15.4m) in 2009.
Last
week's number one, Adam Sandler animation Hotel Transylvania, was at two with
$26.3 million (£16.35m).
Glee-style
musical Pitch Perfect was in third with $14.7 million (£9.14m), following a
limited release last week.
The movie
stars Anna Kendrick as a college student trying to liven up her a cappella
singing group.
Sci-fi
thriller Looper, starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, fell from
second-place to fourth with $12.2 million (£7.59m).
Tim
Burton's stop motion monster tale Frankenweenie opened in fifth place, taking
$11.5 million (£7.15m), after facing competition from rival spooky animation
Hotel Transylvania.
Burton's Disney
tale, about a boy who brings his dead dog back to life, is shot in black and
white in an homage to classic horror movies.
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