Ninja Turtles top US box office
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have made their comeback in US
cinemas, with the 1990s characters' latest film topping the box
office chart.
Studio estimates show TMNT - a computer-animated update of the
comic favourites - on course to take $25.4m (£13m) over the
weekend.
Battle epic 300 fell to second place, taking $20.5m (£10.4m).
In third place was Shooter, starring Mark Wahlberg as an ex-US
marine framed for a presidential assassination.
US/CANADA BOX OFFICE
1) TMNT ($25.4m)
2) 300 ($20.5m)
3) Shooter ($14.5m)
4) Wild Hogs ($14.4m)
5) The Last Mimzy ($10.2m)
6) Premonition ($10.1m)
7) The Hills Have Eyes 2 ($10m)
Reign Over Me ($8m)
9) Pride ($4m)
10) Dead Silence ($3.5m)
Estimates for takings from Friday to Sunday.
Source: Media By Numbers
It was on course to take $14.5m ($7.4m) in cinemas in the US and
Canada.
TMNT follows four turtles who become man-sized reptiles to fight
evil. The characters first appeared in comic books in the
mid-1980s, before spawning a TV series in 1987 and three films in
the early 1990s.
"It's sequel time, dudes," said movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, whose
Weinstein Company is distributing the film outside the US.
"We knew from the inception of this project that the TMNT
characters would continue to resonate with audiences across the
world."
Other new movies making their US debuts included family fantasy The
Last Mimzy - about a brother and sister with superhuman powers -
which made its debut in fifth place.
Horror sequel The Hills Have Eyes 2 opened in seventh, while
post-11 September drama Reign Over Me, starring Adam Sandler and
Don Cheadle, came in at number eight.
Pride - the story of a coach who started a swimming team for
underprivileged black youths in the 1970s - took $4m (£2m) at
number nine. It stars Terrence Howard and Bernie Mac.
congratulations to the turtles 
