At the box office

The top 10 films at North American cinemas

1 (*) US$30.1M What Lies Beneath: A woo-woo thriller starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer, who gets to grips with the spirit world.

2 (1) US23.7M X-Men: One of the most popular comic books of all time comes to the big screen with Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen starring.

3 (*) US$21.5M Pokemon The Movie 2000: An animated movie about a Pokemon collector whose goal is to tame the ferocious Lugia Pokemon.

4 (2) US$14.9M Scary Movie: Director Keenen Ivory Wayans turns the slasher film on its head.

5 (3) US$9.5M The Perfect Storm: It's wild and it's wet. George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg hook up again as fishermen to fight a once-in-a lifetime storm.