Shrek spinoff Puss in Boots has topped the US box office in its opening weekend.
The DreamWorks animation, which features the voices of Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek, took $34 million over the course of this weekend.
Last week’s box-office topper Paranormal Activity 3 falls to second place this week with $18.5 million, while the Justin Timberlake-starring sci-fi thriller In Time opened to $12 million.
Dance remake Footloose took $5.4 million while Hunter S. Thompson adaptation The Rum Diary, starring Johnny Depp, opened to estimated takings of $5 million.
This week’s US box office top ten (studio estimates):
1. (-) Puss in Boots – $34 million
2. (1) Paranormal Activity 3 – $18.5 million
3. (-) In Time – $12 million
4. (3) Footloose – $5.4 million
5. (-) The Rum Diary – $5 million
6. (2) Real Steel – $4.7 million
7. (4) The Three Musketeers – $3.5 million
8. (5) The Ides of March – $2.7 million
9. (7) Moneyball – $2.4 million
10. (11) Courageous – $1.8 million