'Thor' opens strongly at US box office

Marvel Studios' Thor has topped the US box office in its opening weekend, taking an estimated $66 million.

The film, which also headed the UK box office last week, toppled last week's record-breaking entry Fast Five, which took $32.5 million for its second weekend.

Salim Akil's romantic comedy Jumping the Broom opened to $13.7 million, followed closely by Something Borrowed, starring Kate Hudson and John Krasinski, which took $13.2 million.

Rounding out the top five films of the weekend was Fox's popular family animation Rio, with $9.5 million.

Next weekend sees the release of action sci-fi Priest, which stars Paul Bettany and Karl Urban.

This week's US box office top ten in full (studio estimates):

1. (-) Thor - $66,000,000
2. (1) Fast Five - $32,500,000
3. (-) Jumping the Broom - $13,700,000
4. (-) Something Borrowed - $13,200,000
5. (2) Rio - $9,500,000
6. (4) Water for Elephants - $5,700,000
7. (3) Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - $3,800,000
8. (5) Prom - $2,500,000
9. (6) Hoodwinked Too! - $2,200,000
10. (7) Soul Surfer - $2,100,000