Cars rolls to the top of the US box office

Cars 2, the sequel to the animated Disney film, did well enough – despite tepid reviews – to debut in first among weekend movies, industry estimates showed on Sunday.

The latest Pixar production, with voices provided by Owen Wilson, Michael Caine and others, earned $68 million in North America, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

Second place went to another new film, Bad Teacher about the classroom antics of a foul-mouthed, pot-smoking middle school teacher and starring A-list actress Cameron Diaz, which earned $31 million.

Third place went to superhero comic book adaptation Green Lantern with $18.4 million in sales.

Sci-fi thriller Super 8 earned $12.1 million for fourth place, while Jim Carrey’s Mr Popper’s Penguins, brought in $10.3 million for fifth. In sixth place was X-Men: First Class with $6.6 million, while the summer’s biggest earner so far. In seventh place was The Hangover: Part II, earned an estimated $5.87 million, for a total $244 million to date.

The Bridesmaid which was eighth with $5.37 million in ticket sales, while Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, earned $4.7 million for ninth place.

The 10th spot went to Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, which earned $4.48 million.