Movies
'Witch Mountain' races to US number one
Published Monday, Mar 16 2009, 11:12 GMT | By Simon Reynolds
Rex Features
The family adventure movie, starring Dwayne Johnson, pulls in $25 million to knock Zack Snyder's comic adaptation Watchmen from first place.
Horror remake The Last House On The Left debuts at number three, while Taken and Madea Goes To Jail complete the top five.
The only other new release to make it into the chart is comedy Miss March, which lands at number ten.
The US box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Race To Witch Mountain - $25,000,000
2. (1) Watchmen - $18,070,000
3. (-) The Last House On The Left - $14,658,000
4. (3) Taken - $6,650,000
5. (2) Madea Goes To Jail - $5,130,000
6. (4) Slumdog Millionaire - $5,025,000
7. (5) Paul Blart: Mall Cop - $3,100,000
8. (6) He's Just Not That Into You - $2,905,000
9. (7) Coraline - $2,655,000
10. (-) Miss March - $2,350,000
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