Ice Age: Continental
Drift has stormed to the
top of the US box office chart in its opening weekend.
The fourth film in the hit animated franchise took $46m (£29.6m), according to early estimates. Ray Romano and John Leguizamo are among the stars reprising their roles as the voices of pre-historic animals Manny the mammoth and Sid the sloth.
Last week’s number one, The Amazing Spider-Man, fell to second place with $35m (£22.3m). The superhero film has now taken $201m (£129m) in US ticket sales after two weeks of release.
NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE :
1. Ice Age: Continental Drift – $46m
2. The Amazing Spider-Man – $35m
3. Ted – $22.1m
4. Brave – $10.7m
5. Magic Mike – $9m
Seth MacFarlane’s R-rated comedy Ted, starring Mark Wahlberg opposite a foul-mouthed CGI teddy bear, finished at three with $22.1m (£14.2m).
Pixar’s latest animation, Brave, was the second family film in the top five at four.
However that situation is likely to change with the much-anticipated release of the final of director Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, this week. (Agencies)