'The Vow' wins US box office with $41 million - top 10 in full

The Vow has topped the US box office with $41 million.

The romantic drama, which stars Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams, holds off competition from fellow new releases Safe House, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace to secure the number one spot.

Last week's chart topper Chronicle falls four places to number five with $12.3 million. The found footage superhero film, which cost just $12 million to make, has so far grossed $40 million in the US and a further $23 million from foreign territories.

Daniel Radcliffe's The Woman in Black drops four spots to number six with $10,300,000.

Elsewhere, George Clooney's The Descendants continues it stay in the top 10 as it slips down one place to number nine.

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

1. (-) The Vow - $41,700,000
2. (-) Safe House - $39,300,000
3. (-) Journey 2: The Mysterious Island - $27,550,000
4. (-) Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - $23,000,000
5. (1) Chronicle - $12,300,000
6. (2) The Woman in Black - $10,300,000
7. (3) The Grey - $5,080,000
8. (4) Big Miracle - $3,900,000
9. (8) The Descendants - $3,500,000
10. (5) Underworld: Awakening - $2,500,000

Watch Digital Spy interview The Vow stars Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams below: