Movies
The Douglas Adams adaptation took $21.7m in its opening weekend, displacing former chart-topper The Interpreter from the top spot. The thriller took $14.2m over the weekend, giving it total earnings of $43.6m.
The North American box office top ten in full:
1. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
2. The Interpreter
3. xXx: State Of The Union
4. The Amityville Horror
5. Sahara (review)
6. A Lot Like Love
7. Gong Fu
8. Fever Pitch
9. Robots
10. Guess Who (review)
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