'Blind Side' overtakes 'New Moon' at US BO
Sandra Bullock's The Blind Side has overtaken New Moon at the US box office.
The sports drama, which sees Bullock play a conservative housewife who helps a homeless man become an NFL star, took in $20 million on its third weekend on release to knock vampire romance New Moon into second place.
Blind Side has already grossed $129 million at the US box office on a modest $29 million budget. It is Bullock's second big hit of the year following rom-com The Proposal.
Elsewhere, Tobey Maguire drama Brothers, action-thriller Armoured and comedy Everybody's Fine are new entries in the top ten, while George Clooney's Up In The Air hovers just outside at number 13 on a limited release.
The US box office top ten in full:
1. (2) The Blind Side - $20,440,000
2. (1) The Twilight Saga: New Moon - $15,704,000
3. (-) Brothers - $9,700,000
4. (5) A Christmas Carol - $7,520,000
5. (4) Old Dogs - $6,901,000
6. (-) Armoured - $6,600,000
7. (3) 2012 - $6,600,000
8. (6) Ninja Assassin - $5,030,000
9. (7) Planet 51 - $4,300,000
10. (-) Everybody's Fine - $4,027,000
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