Movies
'Funny People' debuts at top of US box office
Published Monday, Aug 3 2009, 08:16 BST | By Marcell Minaya
Rex Features
The $75 million-budgeted comedy marks Sandler's worst opening at the North American box office since 2004's Spanglish.
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince has remained in the number two spot for a consecutive week, followed by last week's box office champ G-Force at number three with $17 million and Katherine Heigl's The Ugly Truth in the number 4 spot with $13 million.
The second debut is the family/adventure movie Aliens In The Attic at number five with $7.8 million.
Finally, the summer's biggest blockbuster Transformers 2 slips to the number 10 spot, potentially marking its last showing on the top ten with $4.6 million.
The US box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Funny People - $23,440,000
2. (2) Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince - $17,700,000
3. (1) G-Force - $17,058,000
4. (3) The Ugly Truth - $13,000,000
5. (-) Aliens In The Attic - $7,800,000
6. (4) Orphan - $7,250,000
7. (5) Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $5,300,000
8. (7) The Hangover - $5,080,000
9. (8) The Proposal - $4,848,000
10.(6) Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen - $4,600,000
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