‘Thor: The Dark World’ dominates the US box office

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Thor: The Dark World has dominated the US box office this weekend.



The latest Marvel superhero epic took the top spot on the chart with impressive weekend earnings of $86.1m.

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa held strong in second position over the weekend with $11.3m, while Free Birds and Last Vegas were in third and fourth place respectively.

The Harrison Ford-starring Ender Game’s fell sharply from its victory at the box office last weekend, by dropping to fifth place with $10.3m.

Director Richard Curtis’s romantic comedy About Time entered the top ten with earnings of $5.2m, to finish in ninth place.

Carrie – the latest adaptation of Stephen King’s horror novel – and The Counsellor both dropped out of top ten.

The US weekend box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Thor: The Dark World – $86,109,000
2. (2) Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – $11,300,000
3. (4) Free Birds – $11,180,000
4. (3) Last Vegas – $11,100,000
5. (1) Ender’s Game – $10,250,000
6. (5) Gravity – $8,405,000
7. (7) 12 Years a Slave – $6,600,000
8. (6) Captain Phillips – $5,800,000
9. (-) About Time – $5,172,000
10. (8) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 – $2,800,000