'Borat' retains US top spot

Borat remained at the top of the US box office chart over the weekend, earning $28.27m in its second week of release compared to its $26.38m opening.

Second and third places were also unchanged, taken by Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause and Flushed Away.

In a week of four new entries, Will Ferrell comedy Stranger than Fiction fared the best, entering in fourth place with $13.41m.

The top ten in full:
1. (1) Borat - $28.27m
2. (2) Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause - $16.93m
3. (3) Flushed Away - $16.61m
4. (-) Stranger than Fiction - $13.41m
5. (4) Saw III - $6.98m
6. (-) Babel - $5.56m
7. (5) The Departed - $4.16m
8. (6) The Prestige - $4.78m
9. (-) The Return - $4.48m
10. (-) A Good Year - $3.72m