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Kong is king at the box office again

Los Angeles - In the box office battle of the beasts, King Kong easily conquered Wolverine.

Kong: Skull Island, the latest in a series of films starring the legendary great ape, bested Logan to top the North American box office in its debut weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday.

The film starring Britain's Tom Hiddleston, Oscar winner Brie Larson and the ubiquitous Samuel L. Jackson tells the story of a group of explorers on a mysterious island that happens to be Kong's domain.

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The latest reboot of the 1933 Hollywood monster movie classic raked in $61m over the weekend, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations.

That easily topped the $37.9m brought in by Logan, which stars Hugh Jackman in his final performance as the metal-clawed, mutant anti-hero Wolverine.

In just two weeks in theaters, Logan has brought in nearly $153m.

Bumped down to third place was the socially conscious horror thriller Get Out, the surprise hit of the year, with $21.1m.

Jordan Peele's directorial debut - he is half of the comedy duo Key and Peele - follows an African American (Daniel Kaluuya) who goes with his white girlfriend (Allison Williams) to meet her family for the first time, but quickly realises something sinister is afoot at their country estate.

The smart satire cost $4.5m to produce and has already taken in more than $111m in three weeks.

The Shack, based on a Christian-oriented novel by Canadian author William Young about a grieving man's spiritual journey after his child dies, landed in fourth place with just over $10m.


Fifth place went to CGI comedy The Lego Batman Movie, with $7.8m and an overall box office haul of $159m in five weeks.

Featuring the voice of Will Arnett as the caped crusader, the Warner Bros spinoff of The Lego Movie follows Batman as he tries to save Gotham City from being taken over by the Joker, voiced by Zach Galifianakis.


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