'New Year's Eve' beats 'The Sitter' at US box office - top 10 in full

New Year's Eve has held off competition from The Sitter to top the US box office on its debut weekend on release.

The romantic ensemble, which features an all-star cast that includes Ashton Kutcher, Zac Efron, Lea Michele, Jessica Biel, Robert De Niro and Jon Bon Jovi, pulls in $13.7 million in ticket sales to take top spot.

The total is one of the lowest first-place debuts of 2011, and falls some way short of the $63 million earned by its predecessor Valentine's Day in 2010.

Breaking Dawn - Part 1 slips to third place, The Muppets drops two spots to number four and Arthur Christmas rounds out the top five.

The US box office top ten in full (studio estimates):

1. (-) New Year's Eve - $13,705,000
2. (-) The Sitter - $10,000,000
3. (1) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 - $7,900,000
4. (2) The Muppets - $7,070,000
5. (4) Arthur Christmas - $6,600,000
6. (3) Hugo - $6,125,000
7. (7) The Descendants - $4,385,000
8. (5) Happy Feet Two - $3,750,000
9. (6) Jack and Jill - $3,200,000
10. (8) Immortals - $2,442,000