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Kevin Hart and Ice Cube’s Ride Along has landed at the top spot at the US box office for the second weekend in a row.

The comedy added $21.1m to its total gross of $75.4m. It debuted last weekend with $41.2m.

Ride Along beat new release I, Frankenstein, which debuted in sixth place with $8.2m.

Last weekend, Ride Along also beat three new releases – Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, The Nut Job and Devil’s Due.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, starring Chris Pine, Keira Knightley and Kevin Costner, slipped from fourth place to fifth this week with $8.8m.

Animated feature Nut Job remained in third place with $12.3, while horror movie Devil’s Due fell from seventh to tenth with $2.7m.

Lone Survivor, which debuted at number one earlier this month, also kept its second spot this weekend with $12.6m.

Disney’s animated film Frozen continues to stay strong in the top ten list, climbing from fifth place to fourth with $9m. Its total earnings are now $346.8m.

Oscar contenders American Hustle, August: Osage County and The Wall of Wall Street round out the top ten.

The US weekend box office is listed below:
1. (1) Ride Along – $21,162,000
2. (2) Lone Survivor – $12,601,000
3. (3) The Nut Job – $12,316,000
4. (5) Frozen – $9,035,000
5. (4) Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – $8,800,000
6. (-) I, Frankenstein – $8,275,000
7. (6) American Hustle – $7,100,000
8. (8) August: Osage County – $5,041,000
9. (9) The Wolf of Wall Street – $5,000,000
10. (7) Devil’s Due – $2,750,000

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Kevin Hart’s Ride Along has debuted at the top of the US box office.

The action comedy also starring rapper-turned-actor Ice Cube took $41.2m over the weekend to win the top spot on the chart.

It bumped last weekend’s box office winner Lone Survivor to second place. The Mark Wahlberg war film earned $22.3m.

Meanwhile, animated feature The Nut Job debuted at number three with $20.5m, while Chris Pine’s action reboot Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit premiered at four with $17.2m.

Disney hit Frozen rounded out the top five, slipping from second place. So far, the movie’s total gross is $332.6m.

Horror feature Devil’s Due also debuted in the top ten, placing at number seven and earning $8.5m in ticket sales.

Elsewhere, The Legend of Hercules suffered a blow, falling out of the top ten from third place to 13th.

The US weekend box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Ride Along – $41,237,000
2. (1) Lone Survivor – $23,239,000
3. (-) The Nut Job – $20,550,000
4. (-) Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit- $17,200,000
5. (2) Frozen – $11,971,000
6. (5) American Hustle – $10,600,000
7. (-) Devil’s Due – $8,500,000
8. (7) August: Osage County – $7,592,000
9. (4) The Wolf of Wall Street – $7,500,000
10. (8) Saving Mr Banks – $4,147,000

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Lone Survivor has ended Frozen‘s run on top of the US box office.

The Mark Wahlberg-starring film – which dramatises an intense Afghanistan War battle – took $38.5m over the weekend to win the top spot on the chart.

Frozen remained strong in second place after several weeks in the number-one position, by earning $15m over the last several days.

The top five was rounded out by The Wolf of Wall Street, the debuting The Legend of Hercules and American Hustle.

Last weekend’s second place finisher Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones fell sharply to ninth place in its second week of release.

Frozen remained strong in second place after several weeks in the number-one position, by earning $15m over the last several days.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire both fell out of the top ten over the weekend.

The US weekend box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Lone Survivor – $38,511,000
2. (1) Frozen – $15,070,000
3. (4) The Wolf of Wall Street – $9,000,000
4. (-) The Legend of Hercules – $8,600,000
5. (5) American Hustle – $8,600,000
6. (3) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – $8,015,000
7. (-) August: Osage County – $7,315,000
8. (7) Saving Mr Banks – $6,578,000
9. (2) Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones – $6,300,000
10. (6) Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues – $6,100,000

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Frozen has beaten Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones at the US box office.

The highly acclaimed animated feature was able to jump from second to first place this week with $20.7m, foiling the Paranormal Activity sequel’s debut.

Despite higher projections, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones finished in second place, making $18.2m in its first weekend of release.

Meanwhile, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug stayed in the top five, coming in at third with $16.25m in takings.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s The Wolf of Wall Street and Christian Bale’s American Hustle round out the top five.

Ben Stiller’s latest film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty dropped another spot this weekend to number eight with $8.2m, while Stallone and DeNiro’s Grudge Match came in at ten.

The US weekend box office top ten in full:
1. (2) Frozen – $20,722,000
2. (-) Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones – $18,200,000
3. (1) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – $16,250,000
4. (5) The Wolf of Wall Street – $13,400,000
5. (4) American Hustle – $13,200,000
6. (3) Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues – $11,100,000
7. (6) Saving Mr. Banks – $9,057,000
8. (7) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty – $8,200,000
9. (8) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – $7,400,000
10. (11) Grudge Match – $5,410,000

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