'Noah' stays dry to top US cinema box office

2014/03/30 21:12:33 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

& quot;Noah, & quot; the big screen adaptation of the biblical tale starring Russell Crowe in the lea d role, topped the North American Box Office at the weekend, estimates showed Sunday. The action drama, which reunites Crow with Jennifer Connelly whom he starred alongside in & quot;A Beautiful Mind & quot; in 2001, earned $44 million, easily holding off last week & #039;s top earner & quot;Divergent, & quot; which took second spot with $26.5 million. It was ahead of & quot;Mr Peabody and Sherman, & quot; based on characters from the 1960s television cartoon & quot;Rocky and Bullwinkle, & quot; which earned $9.5 million in its third weekend in theaters. The film was ahead of Wes Anderson & #039;s quirky & quot;The Grand Budapest Hotel, & quot; which earned $8.8 million in sixth spot.
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