Jeff Tremaine’s Jackass 3D has topped the US box office in its opening weekend, taking $50 million.
The film reunites the original Jackass cast, including Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, and Steve-O, in a third big screen outing for the stuntmen.
The comic book adaptation Red, starring Bruce Willis, enters the chart in second place with $22.5 million.
Previous top film The Social Network falls to third place, taking $11 million.
Rounding out the top five films is Diane Lane’s Secretariat in fourth, and the Katherine Heigl comedy Life As We Know It in fifth place.
The US box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Jackass 3D – $50,000,000
2. (-) Red – $22,500,000
3. (1) The Social Network – $11,000,000
4. (3) Secretariat – $9,700,000
5. (2) Life As We Know It – $9,500,000
6. (4) Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole – $4,200,000
7. (6) The Town – $4,000,000
8. (5) My Soul To Take – $3,200,000
9. (8) Easy A – $2,700,000
10. (7) Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – $2,400,000