Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" ruled the North American box office for a second consecutive weekend, raking in 22.7 million dollars, final figures showed Monday.
The police mystery starring Leonardo DiCaprio has earned 75.5 million dollars since its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, according to data from box office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations.
The Bruce Willis action comedy "Cop Out" opened in second place with 18.2 million dollars. Willis and partner-detective played by Tracy Morgan go through several wacky adventures in the Warner Bros. film directed by Kevin Smith.
In third place was another newcomer "The Crazies," about the military's containment of a man-made virus that causes permanent insanity and death. The film took 16 million dollars in its opening weekend.
In fourth place but still raking in millions, was science-fiction epic "Avatar," the highest-grossing film of all time with more than two billion dollars worldwide to date.
In its 11th week on North American release, Canadian James Cameron's film made another 13.6 million dollars.
The Oscar-nominated movie was followed by mythological adventure-fantasy "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief," based on Rick Riordan's book and starring Pierce Brosnan and Uma Thurman. The movie earned 9.6 million dollars in its third week.
Romantic ensemble "Valentine's Day," starring Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner and Jessica Alba amongst others scooped nine million dollars in its third week for sixth place.
Seventh place went to romantic tearjerker "Dear John," an adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel, which pulled in 4.8 million dollars in its fourth week.
"The Wolfman," a remake of the lycanthrope legend starring Benicio del Toro and Anthony Hopkins, took 4.2 million dollars for eighth place in its third week.
Ninth place was occupied by the Dwayne Johnson comedy "The Tooth Fairy" with 3.4 million dollars in its sixth week.
And bringing up the rear, in 10th place was "Crazy Heart," a low-budget drama about a washed-up country singer struggling to rebuild his career, starring Jeff Bridges in the Oscar-nominated lead role. The film earned 2.5 million dollars in its 11th week.
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