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Wall Street sequel Money Never Sleeps, starring Michael Douglas, is the number
one film in North America.
Oliver Stone's movie took $19m ( 12m) in its opening weekend, according to
early estimates.
Box office analyst Paul Dergarabedian said the figure was disappointing but
high finance was "not exactly a topic that sets the box office on fire".
Animated adventure Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole opened at
number two with $16.3m ( 10.3m).
Money Never Sleeps sees the return of banking bad boy Gordon Gekko, played by
Douglas, who spawned a catchphrase with the line "greed is good".
Shia LaBeouf, Carey Mulligan and Josh Brolin co-star in the sequel which is set
amidst the financial crisis of 2008.
Mr Dergarabedian, analyst for box officer tracker Hollywood.com, added: "I
think expectations were pretty high for this movie.
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North American box office
Source: Hollywood.com
"That's not only an iconic character of Gordon Gekko but it's also an iconic
movie."
The $19m haul represents the biggest opening weekend of Stone's career -
although final, confirmed figures may put it just below the $18.7 ( 11.8m)
taken by World Trade Center in 2006.
Wall Street 2 also gave Michael Douglas his biggest opening weekend in a lead
role, and his second-biggest overall. His career best is You Me And Dupree,
which took $21m ( 13.2m) in its first three days.
Ben Affleck's Heist drama The Town, co-starring British actress Rebecca Hall,
dropped two places to number three, taking $16m ( 10.1m).
Teen comedy Easy A also fell two places, to number four, while Disney comedy
You Again - starring Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis and Sigourney Weaver -
opened at number five with $8.3m ( 5.2m).