The Grey Lands On Top Of The Box Office

America can relax. Its long national nightmare period in which Liam Neeson failed to punch anyone or anything is over for now. Yes, The Grey, which finds Neeson and a group of other oil rig workers surviving an air crach in harsh Alaskan wilderness only to face down a pack of hungry, hunt-happy wolves, stalked to the top of the US box office this weekend, earning $20 million.

Last week's champ, Underworld: Awakening, still held strong, seeing off other new competitors to take second place and $12.5 million. Katherine Heigl's latest, Janet Evanovich adaptation One For The Money, had to be content with third despite a strong Friday showing, and made $11.7 million. George Lucas' Red Tails was fourth with $10.4 million and new arrival Man On A Ledge was a little lower than everyone had hoped, with the thriller launching in fifth with $8.3 million.

Stephen Daldry's 9/11-influenced drama Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close jumped a couple of places, likely helped by taking a Best Picture Oscar nomination, and earned $7.1 million. That put it ahead of fellow Best Picture nom The Descendants, which took $6.5 million after adding 1,441 cinemas and jumping up the charts from 16. At eighth we find Contraband which also made $6.5 million, while Beauty And The Beast's 3D re-release was ninth with $5.3 million. Rounding out the top 10 is Haywire, which made $4 million.

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