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Bullock tackles top spot

AMERICAN football film "The Blind Side" tackled the top spot at box offices in the United States with US$20.4 million in ticket sales for a rare climb up the charts in its third week, according to studio estimates.

Vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" dropped one place from last weekend to No. 2 with US$15.7 million in ticket sales, and new release "Brothers," about soldiers returning home from war, landed in third place with US$9.7 million.

The rise of "The Blind Side" bucks the accepted Hollywood wisdom that a new film will claim the No. 1 spot in its first week, then drop down the charts in subsequent weeks.

"The Blind Side," starring Sandra Bullock in the feel-good movie based on a real-life story about a woman who takes a homeless boy and helps turn him into an American football star, opened at No. 2 three weeks ago. Its cumulative ticket sales now stand at US$129 million in the US and Canada.

"New Moon" pushed its North America ticket sales total to just over US$255 million, and worldwide the movie has now raked in US$570 million, according to tracker Hollywood.com Box Office.

"Disney's A Christmas Carol" also rose up the charts one notch, landing at No. 4 and adding US$7.5 million to its coffers. Its gross domestic ticket sales stand at US$115 million.

 

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