MUMBAI: Sylvester Stallone‘s The Expendables" fought off an onslaught of newcomers to finish on top of the weekend box office again. The film remained No. 1 for a second straight weekend with $16.5 million. Directed by and starring Stallone, the action raised its total to $64.9 million.
The film fended opposition from five new releases but none managed to pack in huge audiences and knock off The Expendables.
Leading the new releases was 20th Century Fox‘s Twilight spoof Vampires Suck with a gross of $12.2 million, raising its total to $18.6 million since it opened Wednesday.
Vampires Suck claimed the No. 2 spot with another holdover, Julia Roberts‘ Eat Pray Love that pulled in $12 million to lift its total to $47.1 million.
The Warner Bros. comedy Lottery Ticket, featuring rapper Bow Wow opened in fourth place with $11.1 million.
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg‘s cop comedy The Other Guys held up well in its third weekend, with the Sony release taking in $10.1 million and boosting its total to $88.2 million.
The film settled for the No. 5 position with the horror remake Piranha 3D that opened with an intake of $10 million.
