Paranormal Activity 3 breaks box office records as it storms to No. 1 topic



Paranormal Activity 3 has recorded the biggest ever opening of all time for a horror film after raking in million.


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Paranormal Activity 3 has topped the US box office (Picture: AP)

The horror sequel, directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, topped the US box office with its impressive haul knocking Real Steel into second place.


The sci-fi action film, about robot boxing, took a further .3 million after topping the chart for two weeks,


The remake of Footloose took .8 million adding to its total haul of .9 million while The Three Musketeers limps in at four with takings of .8 million.


One of the film’s stars Milla Jovovich slated the film’s distributor Summit Entertainment recently for failing to promote the movie properly.


She tweeted: ‘I think ‘summit’ have swept ‘3 Musketeers’, a great family adventure film, under the rug in the US. Shame on them. SHAME ON YOU ‘SUMMIT’.’


Meanwhile, political thriller The Ides of March, directed by George Clooney rounds out the top five with takings of .9 million.Top 10 films at the US box office1. Paranormal Activity 3 – million2. Real Steel – .3 million3. Footloose – .8 million4. The Three Musketeers – .8 million5. The Ides of March – .9 million6. Dolphin Tale – .2 million7. Moneyball – million8. Johnny English Reborn – .8 million9. The Thing – .1 million10. 50/50 – .8 million