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LOS ANGELES: “Cars 2,” the sequel to the animated Disney film, did well enough, despite tepid reviews, to debut in first among weekend movies, industry estimates showed Sunday.
The latest Pixar production, with voices provided by Owen Wilson, Michael Caine and others, earned $68 million in North America, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.
Second place went to another new film, “Bad Teacher” about the classroom antics of a foul-mouthed, pot-smoking middle school teacher and starring A-list actress Cameron Diaz, which earned $31 million.
Third place went to superhero comic book adaptation “Green Lantern” with $18.4 million in sales.
Sci-fi thriller “Super 8” earned $12.1 million for fourth place, while Jim Carrey's “Mr. Popper's Penguins,” brought in $10.3 million for fifth.
In sixth place was “X-Men: First Class” with $6.6 million, while the summer's biggest earner so far. In seventh place was “The Hangover: Part II,”earned an estimated $5.87 million, for a total $244 million to date.
“The Bridesmaid which was eighth with $5.37 million in ticket sales, while “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” earned $4.7 million for ninth place.
The 10th spot went to Woody Allen's “Midnight in Paris,” which earned $4.48 million.
