'The American' tops box office

5 September 2010, 4:19 pm

LOS ANGELES - SPY thriller The American rocketed to the top of the North American box office to beat out crime action flick 'Takers,' preliminary figures showed on Sunday. The debut weekend for George Clooney's atmospheric thriller, hailed by critics as a visually captivating but restrained departure for the Hollywood star, took in US$12.3 million (S$16.5 million) in US and Canadian theaters ...... Read More »

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