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Star Wars: The Force Awakens has taken $154m in its second week to retain the US box office.

The film saw off competition from new entries Daddy’s Home and Joy, which are in second and third place with $38.8m and $17.5m respectively.

Meanwhile, Sisters is at 4 with $13.9m and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip is at 5 with $12.7m.

Concussion is new in at 6 with $11m, The Big Short is up twelve places to 7 with $10.5m and Point Break is new at 8 with $10.2m.

Finally, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is at 9 with $5.3m and Creed rounds out the top 10 with $4.6m.

The US box-office top-ten in full:

1. (1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $153,522,000

2. (-) Daddy’s Home – $38,800,000

3. (-) Joy – $17,500,000

4. (3) Sisters – $13,880,000

5. (2) Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip – $12,700,000

6. (-) Concussion – $11,000,000

7. (19) The Big Short -$10,520,000

8. (-) Point Break – $10,220,000

9. (4) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 – $5,300,000

10. (5) Creed – $4,600,000

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens has, unsurprisingly, debuted at number 1 in the US box office with a colossal $238m.

The opening weekend total is the highest ever achieved in the US, beating the record set by 2015’s Jurassic World ​($208m).

The film was far, far ahead of the competition, with Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip way off in the number 2 spot with $14.4m.

Meanwhile, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s comedy Sisters is new at 3 with $13.4m, while last week’s number 1 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is down to 4 with $5.6m.

Creed is at 5 with $5m, The Good Dinosaur is at 6 with $4.3m and Krampus is at 7 with $3.7m.

In the Heart of the Sea is at 8 with $3.4m and Dilwale is at 9 with $1.8m.

Finally, Bajiro Mastani rounds out the top ten with $1.6m.

1. (-) Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 – $238,000,00

2. (-) Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip– $14,400,000

3. (-) Sisters – $13,420,000

4. (1) Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 – $5,650,000

5. (4) Creed – $5,085,000

6. (3) The Good Dinosaur – $4,305,000

7. (5) Krampus – £3,780,000

8. (2) In the Heart of the Sea – $3,465,000

9. (-) Dilwale – £1,875,000

10. (-) Bajiro Mastani– £1,660,000

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 has claimed the number one spot in the US Box Office for the fourth consecutive week.

A quiet week saw the film take $11.3m to see off competition from new entry In the Heart of the Sea, which took an uninspiring $11m in its debut weekend.

Meanwhile, The Good Dinosaur is at 3 with $10.5m, while Creed is at 4 with $10.1m.

Krampus is at 5 with $8m, Spectre is at 6 with $4m and The Night Before is at 7 with $3.9m.

The Peanuts Movie is at 8 with $2.6m, Spotlight is at 9 with $2.5m and Brooklyn rounds out the top ten with $1.9m.

1. (1) Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 – $11,300,000

2. (-) In the Heart of the Sea – $11,005,000

3. (3) The Good Dinosaur – $10,497,000

4. (2) Creed – $10,120,000

5. (2) Krampus – $8,010,000

6. (5) Spectre – $4,000,000

7. (6) The Night Before – £3,900,000

8. (7) The Peanuts Movie – $2,650,000

9. (8) Spotlight – £2,508,853

10. (9) Brooklyn – £1,975,000

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 has stayed at the top of the US box office for a third successive week with $18.6m.

The film saw off competition from Krampus, which lands at 2 with $16m.

A relatively quiet week also saw Creed stay at 3 with $15.54m, narrowly beating The Good Dinosaur ​which took $15.51.

Meanwhile, Daniel Craig’s Spectre is at 5 with $5.4m, The Night Before stays at 6 with $4.9m and The Peanuts Movie is at 7 with $3.5m.

Spotlight is at 8 with $2.9m, Brooklyn is at 9 with $2.4m and The Secret In Their Eyes rounds out the top ten with $1.9m.

1. (1) Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 – $18,600,00

2. (-) Krampus – $16,020,000

3. (3) Creed – $30,120,000 – $15,540,000

4. (2) The Good Dinosaur – $12,800,000 – $15,512,000

5. (4) Spectre – $5,425,000

6. (6) The Night Before – $4,920,000

7. (5) The Peanuts Movie – £3,525,000

8. (8) Spotlight – $2,926,000

9. (9) Brooklyn – £2,430,000

10. (7) The Secret in their Eyes – £1,950,000

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