Underworld Awakening, a movie about the exploits of a woman vampire warrior, grabbed top North American box office honours in its opening weekend, industry figures showed.

The 3D film starring Kate Beckinsale garnered $25.4 million at the box office, out-manouvreing the debut of Red Tails, which recounts the World War II deeds of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of black pilots, with $19.1 million, said Exhibitor Relations. The two new films pushed last week’s top attraction, Mark Wahlberg’s crime drama Contraband, to third place with $12.2 million over the weekend.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, the Tom Hanks-Sandra Bullock story of a family impacted by the 9/11 attacks, brought in $10.5 million in its first weekend of wide release.

Rounding out the top 10 in the United States and Canada were action flick Haywire ($9 million), Beauty And The Beast in 3D ($8.6 million), Joyful Noise ($6 million), Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol ($5.5 million), Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows ($4.8 million) and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo ($3.8 million).

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