Summary ‘Gravity’ continued its meteoric path at the top of North American box office on its second weekend.
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Space disaster movie "Gravity" continued its meteoric path at the top of the North American box office on its second weekend, earning nearly $43.2 million, industry data showed Monday.
The film, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney -- both Oscar winners -- as astronauts adrift in space after a devastating accident, has already generated rave reviews and Oscars buzz.
It remained well ahead of the second place finisher, new release "Captain Phillips," based on a true story and starring Tom Hanks as a cargo ship captain captured by Somali pirates. It earned $25.7 million, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations.
Dropping to third place in its third week, animated sequel "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2" took in almost $13.8 million.
Another new release took fourth slot: action flick "Machete Kills," starring Danny Trejo as a US government recruit battling through Mexico to stop a plot to launch a weapon into space. It earned more than $3.8 million in sales.
Not far behind in fifth place was crime drama "Runner Runner," starring Justin Timberlake as a Princeton graduate student who travels to Costa Rica to confront a tycoon, played by Ben Affleck, he believes has taken him for a ride on an online poker site. The film earned almost $3.8 million.
In sixth place was crime thriller "Prisoners." The film, starring Hugh Jackman as a desperate parent in search of his child and Jake Gyllenhaal as the detective in charge of the investigation, pulled in more than $3.6 million.
Horror sequel "Insidious: Chapter 2" rose one position to seventh place with more than $2.7 million. The film, starring Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson as a haunted husband and wife, is a follow-up to the successful 2010 horror flick "Insidious."
In eighth place, Formula One motorsport drama "Rush," Ron Howard s acclaimed account of the famous duel for the 1976 world championship between James Hunt and Niki Lauda, earned just under $2.39 million.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt s raunchy comedy-drama "Don Jon," written and directed by "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Inception" actor, took ninth place with $2.37 million in receipts.
The film sees him play a pornography addict who seeks to change his ways to win the woman of his dreams, played by Scarlett Johansson.
And rounding out the top 10 was "Baggage Claim," a romantic comedy about a lovelorn flight attendant who traverses America looking for Mr Right. The film took in $2 million.
