{"id":14337,"date":"2012-10-29T03:10:33","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T03:10:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-10-29T03:10:31","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T03:10:31","slug":"Affleck-s--Argo--tops-North-American-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=14337","title":{"rendered":"Affleck’s “Argo” tops North American box office"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Argo,” based on a true story about six Americans spirited out of Iran during the 1979-80 hostage crisis, was the top movie in North America this weekend with $12.3 million in tickets sold, industry estimates showed on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In its second week of release, the film directed by and starring Hollywood actor Ben Affleck jumped from the second to the top spot, earning a total of $60.8 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Second place went to the animated film “Hotel Transylvania” about an overprotective vampire dad intent on guarding his adolescent daughter against a budding romance with a human boy. The movie earned $9.4 million.<\/p>\n

The third spot went to the debut of the genre-busting, time-travelling “Cloud Atlas”, in which Tom Hanks and Halle Berry each play six different roles set across a 500-year span. It earned $9.4 million.<\/p>\n

“Paranormal Activity 4”, the fourth place film, fell three spots from its chart-topping debut last week. The fourth instalment in the found-footage franchise raked in $8.7 million, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.<\/p>\n

Fifth place went to the latest in the franchise of “Silent Hill” movies, which earned $8 million in ticket sales.<\/p>\n

Action film “Taken 2” — Liam Neeson’s return as ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills — came in sixth place, also with earnings of $8 million.<\/p>\n

“Here Comes the Boom,” a comedy starring Kevin James as a high school teacher who looks to become a mixed martial arts fighter to raise money for his school, was in seventh place with $5.5 million.<\/p>\n

Horror flick “Sinister”, starring Ethan Hawke, was eighth with $5.1.<\/p>\n

Ninth was action drama “Alex Cross”, starring Tyler Perry as the popular James Patterson detective character, with $5.1 million.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the top ten was the debut of the Halloween-themed adolescent comedy “Fun Size”, which earned $4.1 million.<\/p>\n