'M:i:III' holds off 'Poseidon' in US

Mission: Impossible III kept its position at the top of the US box office chart last weekend.

The week's highest new entry was Wolfgang Petersen's disaster remake Poseidon, which took a fairly disappointing $20.3m in its first three days. With a 49% drop from last week's earnings, M:i:III yielded $24.5m.

Also new on the chart was Lindsay Lohan comedy Just My Luck, which entered in fourth place. Meanwhile, soccer story Goal! failed to make the top ten.

The top ten in full:
1. (1) Mission: Impossible III - $24.5m
2. (-) Poseidon - $20.3m
3. (2) RV - $9.5m
4. (-) Just My Luck - $5.5m
5. (3) An American Haunting - $3.7m
6. (5) United 93 - $3.6m
7. (4) Stick It - $3.2m
8. (6) Ice Age: The Meltdown - $3.0m
9. (7) Silent Hill - $2.2m
10. (9) Hoot - $2.12m