Monday, September 2, 2013 6:45am ET by Newsdesk
One Direction film tops US box officeOne Direction have seen their new film This Is Us top the box offices in the US and Canada. The movie raked in $17m (£10.9m) over the weekend as the British-Irish boyband continue to stake their claim for world domination. The flick beat off competition from the previous box office No.1 Lee Daniels' The Butler - but only just. In fact, similar films from Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus - released in 2011 and 2008 respectively - achieved better opening weekend takings in North America. Bieber's Never Say Never bagged $29.5m (£19m) during its first weekend, whilst Cyrus's Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert movie took in $31.1m (£20m). One Direction meanwhile launched This Is Us recently with two premieres in London and New York.
Watch a trailer for This Is Us below:
Latest 10 One Direction News Stories
|