'Up' soars to top of U.S. box office

'Up' soars to top of U.S. box office

New family film "Up" has flown to the top of the US box office with a $68.2 million opening weekend. It is the third biggest debut for a Disney Pixar film after "The Incredibles" and "Finding Nemo".

In second place is last week's number one, the Ben Stiller comedy "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" with $25.5 million.

The new horror film "Drag Me to Hell", from director Sam Raimi, debuted in third with $16.6 million.

"Terminator Salvation" came down to fourth place from second place. This weekend it made an estimated $16.14 million in sales.

"Star Trek" became the top-grossing movie of 2009 this weekend. It finished at No.5 position with $12.8 million.

Here are the top ten films at the US box office :

1)  Up ($68,200,000)

2)  Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian ($25,500,000)

3)  Drag Me to Hell ($16,628,000)

4)  Terminator Salvation ($16,140,000)

5)  Star Trek ($12,800,000)

6)  Angels vs Demons ($11,200,000)

7)  Dance Flick ($4,900,000)

8)  X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($3,900,000)

9)  Ghosts of Girlfriends Past ($1,905,000)   

10) Obsessed ($665,000)