'Ride along' still leads N. American box office
Cop comedy "Ride Along" led the North American box office for a second weekend, industry figures showed Monday.
The action film starring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube easily outpaced its rivals, earning $21.3 million in the United States and Canada, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations reported.
In second place with $12.9 million was "Lone Survivor," the Afghanistan war drama starring Mark Wahlberg based on the true story of a disastrous Navy SEAL commando raid targeting an extremist fighter.
Children's movie "The Nut Job," a tale about a squirrel forced to survive in the big city after being banished from his park, was in third place with $12.1 million in earnings over the three-day weekend.
In fourth spot was Disney's smash hit "Frozen," a loosely based retelling of a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale.
The movie, a frontrunner for best animated feature film at the Oscars, added a little more than $9.1 million to its North American haul of $348 million since its release.
Not far behind in fifth with $9.1 million was "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit," the action adventure prequel starring Chris Pine in the fifth film based on author Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan thrillers.
Debuting in the sixth spot was "I, Frankenstein," based on a graphic novel reboot of Mary Shelley's famous 19th century tale, starring Aaron Eckhart. The film opened with a disappointing $8.6 million.
Oscar-nominated con-man caper "American Hustle" continued to hold up well in the top 10, earning another $7.1 million.
The film -- starring Christian Bale and Amy Adams as grifters who team up with an FBI agent played by Bradley Cooper -- is up for 10 Oscars at the Academy Awards.
Another Oscar-nominated movie, Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" starring Leonardo DiCaprio as disgraced financier Jordan Belfort, was in eighth with $5.5 million
In ninth place with $5 million was "August: Osage County," The movie, which has earned Oscar nods for both Meryl Streep and co-star Julia Roberts, revolves around a family gathering and the dysfunctional matriarch (Streep) who unites them.
Rounding out the top 10 was pregnancy horror movie "Devil's Due," which took $2.8 million in its second weekend.
-Sapa-AFP