A-list action romp The Expendables 2 held onto the top rung of the North American box office for a second weekend, keeping The Bourne Legacy at bay, industry estimates showed.

The Expendables 2, which stars Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jet Li as mercenaries, raked in €10.7 million a week after its debut, according to movie tracker Exhibitor Relations.

The Bourne Legacy – starring Jeremy Renner as a secret agent threatened by his employers in the latest instalment of the popular series that had starred Matt Damon as Jason Bourne – took in €7.4 million for second place.

Coming in third was animated film ParaNorman, that earned €6.7 million in ticketsales.

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