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"A Christmas Carol has debuted at the top of the US box office. Robert Zemeckis&amp;#039;s animated film, starring Jim Carrey, pulled in $31m in its opening weekend. Michael Jackson&amp;#039;s This Is It slipped to number two with $14m. Other debuts this week include The Men Who Stare At Goats at number three with $13.3m, thriller The Fourth Kind at number four with $12.5m and Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly&amp;#039;s The Box took sixth with $7.8m. Vince Vaughn comedy Couples Retreat and Law Abiding Citizen claimed the number seven and eight positions respectively. Landing at number ten was Summit Entertainment&amp;#039;s $65m-budgeted animated feature Astroy Boy with a mere $2.5m in its third week on release. The US box office top ten in full: 1. (-) A Christmas Carol - $$31,000,000 2. (1) This Is It - $14,000,000 3. (-) The Men Who Stare at Goats - $13,309,000 4. (-) The Fourth Kind - $12,521,000 5. (2) Paranormal Activity - $8,600,000 6. (-) The Box - $7,855,000 7. (4) Couples Retreat - $6,428,000 8. (3) Law Abiding Citizen - $6,172,000 9. (5) Where The Wild Things Are - $4,225,000 10. (7) Astroy Boy - $2,588,000 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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