Teen pop star Hannah Montana has topped the North American box office with the new 3D film of her recent tour. Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus Best of Both Worlds shows actress Cyrus, 15, as herself backstage and onstage as her Disney pop star alter-ego Montana. The film took $29m (£14.7m) beating newly-released horror film The Eye - $13m (£6.6m) - into second place.
Romantic comedy 27 Dresses was third with $8.4m (£4.3m). Pregnancy comedy Juno was fourth with $7.5m (£3.8m).Last week's number one, Meet the Spartans a spoof film parodying Greek warrior epic 300 - dropped to number five, taking $7.1m (£3.6m) compared with the $18.7m (£9.4m) it took last week. The new Rambo film, meanwhile, dropped from its opening week second place to sixth with $7m (£3.5m).
The Hannah Montana movie was helped to the top spot by higher admission prices charged by cinemas because of the 3D format. The film was shown in just 683 cinemas compared with the 2,436 cinemas showing second-placed The Eye. Walt Disney's 3-D movie "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert" topped movie box offices, raking in $29 million for the biggest opening over a normally slow Super Bowl weekend, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
With professional football's championship game dominating the entertainment landscape, the 3-D movie of Cyrus' (aka Hannah Montana) 2007 singing tour brought teenage girls streaming into theaters with their parents, said Mark Zoradi, president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group.
"We're looking at this and realizing we made a little piece of movie history," Zoradi said. "This has been a family movie, and we've had lots of parents exiting theaters saying, 'thank you because we couldn't get into any of her concerts."'
Supernatural thriller "The Eye," starring Jessica Alba, took the No. 2 slot at U.S. and Canadian box offices with a $13 million weekend. The No. 3 movie was romantic comedy "27 Dresses" with $8.4 million, according to industry tracker Media By Numbers.
Rounding out the top five were teen pregnancy comedy "Juno" at No. 4 with a weekend haul of $7.5 million, bringing its total ticket sales to $110 million. In the No. 5 position was last week's champ, action adventure "Meet the Spartans," with $7.1 million for the weekend and $28 million overall. Last week's number one, Meet the Spartans - a spoof film parodying Greek warrior epic 300 - dropped to number five, taking $7.1m (£3.6m) compared with the $18.7m (£9.4m) it took last week.
The new Rambo film, meanwhile, dropped from its opening week second place to sixth with $7m (£3.5m). The Hannah Montana movie was helped to the top spot by higher admission prices charged by cinemas because of the 3D format. The film was shown in just 683 cinemas compared with the 2,436 cinemas showing second-placed The Eye.
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Romantic comedy 27 Dresses was third with $8.4m (£4.3m). Pregnancy comedy Juno was fourth with $7.5m (£3.8m).Last week's number one, Meet the Spartans a spoof film parodying Greek warrior epic 300 - dropped to number five, taking $7.1m (£3.6m) compared with the $18.7m (£9.4m) it took last week. The new Rambo film, meanwhile, dropped from its opening week second place to sixth with $7m (£3.5m).
The Hannah Montana movie was helped to the top spot by higher admission prices charged by cinemas because of the 3D format. The film was shown in just 683 cinemas compared with the 2,436 cinemas showing second-placed The Eye. Walt Disney's 3-D movie "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert" topped movie box offices, raking in $29 million for the biggest opening over a normally slow Super Bowl weekend, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
With professional football's championship game dominating the entertainment landscape, the 3-D movie of Cyrus' (aka Hannah Montana) 2007 singing tour brought teenage girls streaming into theaters with their parents, said Mark Zoradi, president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group.
"We're looking at this and realizing we made a little piece of movie history," Zoradi said. "This has been a family movie, and we've had lots of parents exiting theaters saying, 'thank you because we couldn't get into any of her concerts."'
Supernatural thriller "The Eye," starring Jessica Alba, took the No. 2 slot at U.S. and Canadian box offices with a $13 million weekend. The No. 3 movie was romantic comedy "27 Dresses" with $8.4 million, according to industry tracker Media By Numbers.
Rounding out the top five were teen pregnancy comedy "Juno" at No. 4 with a weekend haul of $7.5 million, bringing its total ticket sales to $110 million. In the No. 5 position was last week's champ, action adventure "Meet the Spartans," with $7.1 million for the weekend and $28 million overall. Last week's number one, Meet the Spartans - a spoof film parodying Greek warrior epic 300 - dropped to number five, taking $7.1m (£3.6m) compared with the $18.7m (£9.4m) it took last week.
The new Rambo film, meanwhile, dropped from its opening week second place to sixth with $7m (£3.5m). The Hannah Montana movie was helped to the top spot by higher admission prices charged by cinemas because of the 3D format. The film was shown in just 683 cinemas compared with the 2,436 cinemas showing second-placed The Eye.
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