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A Christmas Carol has debuted at the top of the US box office.
Robert Zemeckis's animated film, starring Jim Carrey, pulled in $31m in its opening weekend.
Michael Jackson's This Is It slipped to number two with $14m.
Other debuts this week include The Men Who Stare At Goats at number three with $13.3m, thriller The Fourth Kind at number four with $12.5m and Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly's The Box took sixth with $7.8m.
Vince Vaughn comedy Couples Retreat and Law Abiding Citizen claimed the number seven and eight positions respectively.
Landing at number ten was Summit Entertainment's $65m-budgeted animated feature Astroy Boy with a mere $2.5m in its third week on release.
The US box office top ten in full:
1. (-) A Christmas Carol - $$31,000,000
2. (1) This Is It - $14,000,000
3. (-) The Men Who Stare at Goats - $13,309,000
4. (-) The Fourth Kind - $12,521,000
5. (2) Paranormal Activity - $8,600,000
6. (-) The Box - $7,855,000
7. (4) Couples Retreat - $6,428,000
8. (3) Law Abiding Citizen - $6,172,000
9. (5) Where The Wild Things Are - $4,225,000
10. (7) Astroy Boy - $2,588,000
