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Kong outmuscles Logan to become king of the US box office

Kong outmuscles Logan to become king of the US box office
Kong outmuscles Logan to become king of the US box office Kong outmuscles Logan to become king of the US box office

Kong: Skull Island is the king of the box office in America.

The movie, which stars Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson and Samuel L Jackson, took in a strong $61 million (£50.1 million) in its first weekend in cinemas.

The action film cost a reported $185 million (£152 million) to produce.

King Kong outmuscled another beast to take the top spot – the Wolverine movie Logan.

The movie starring Hugh Jackman as the clawed mutant dropped 58% from its debut and earned $37.9 million (£31.1 million), raising its total to $152.7 million (£125.4 million).

In third place was Get Out, the buzzy horror directed by Jordan Peele. It added $21.1 million (£17.3 million) to its takings, pushing its sum to $111 million (£91.2 million) in just three weeks.

Faith-based movie The Shack and The Lego Batman Movie rounded out the top five.