The Amityville Horror entered the North American box office chart at number one this weekend.

Taking $23.3m, the thriller displaced last week's chart-topping desert adventure Sahara from the top spot, which took $13.1m this weekend bringing its total earnings to $36.4m.

In third place was Nick Hornby adaptation Fever Pitch with Sin City and Guess Who rounding out the top five.

North America's top ten films in full:
1. The Amityville Horror
2. Sahara (review)
3. Fever Pitch
4. Sin City
5. Guess Who
6. Beauty Shop
7. Robots
8. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed And Fabulous
9. The Pacifier
10. The Upside Of Anger