'30 Days of Night' tops US box office

Horror movie 30 Days of Night has knocked comedy film Why Did I Get Married? off the top spot in the US box office chart.

There were other new entries in the top ten for Gone Baby Gone, entering in fifth place, and The Comebacks, which debuted at number six.

Meanwhile a re-issue of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas came in at number eight and Rendition entered in ninth.

The top ten movies in full:

1. (-) 30 Days of Night - $16,000,000
2. (1) Why Did I Get Married? - $12,100,000
3. (2) The Game Plan - $8,122,000
4. (4) Michael Clayton - $7,100,000
5. (-) Gone Baby Gone - $6,000,000
6. (-) The Comebacks - $5,850,000
7. (3) We Own the Night - $5,500,000
8. (-) The Nightmare Before Christmas (re-issue) - $5,145,000
9. (-) Rendition - $4,175,000
10. (5) The Heartbreak Kid - $3,900,000