George Clooney’s new thriller The American opened at the top of the box office this weekend, beating both newcomers Machete and Going The Distance .
Clearly Clooney’s still got it, as the silver fox drew audiences to the trill of $12m, while last week's joint numero unos Takers slipped to second, and T he Last Exorcism tumbled to fourth with $7.7m.
Machete burst onto the scene in third place with $11.3m, while other new opener Going The Distance topped off the top five with $6.8m.
The Expendables proved they were anything but by retaining a position in the top ten, dropping from third to sixth with $6.5m, The Other Guys bagged seventh place and a further $5.4m, while Eat Pray Love dove from fourth to eight with $4.8m.
After eight weeks in the charts, Inception still proved a draw, landing the ninth place and taking $4.5m, and Nanny McPhee Returns clung to tenth place with $3.7m.
