Wimpy Kid rules weekend box offices

LOS ANGELES: Family comedy "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" outmuscled adventure "Sucker Punch" to claim the title of North American weekend box office with $ 24.4 million in ticket sales, according to estimates from studio Sunday.

"Wimpy Kid", based on the bestselling books about a boy in middle school, easily reversed "Sucker Punch", a fantastic tale of young women can escape their bleak lives by retreating into a dream world where rivals battle it. He claimed the No. 2 spot on video cards with 19 million.

"Sucker Punch" and "Wimpy Kid" were the only major new releases in theaters this weekend, and was widely expected to compete for No. 1. "Sucker Punch" started out strong on Friday, but families hit theaters Saturday helped lift the "Wimpy Kid".

To complete the top 3 to 15,200,000 dollars was thriller "without limits", with Bradley Cooper, a man who takes a drug that increases the brain capacity.

In its second weekend of release, sales of "unlimited" ticket has dropped by 19 percent a week ago when it claimed the No. 1 spot. Similarly, the thriller "The Lincoln Lawyer" lives only 17 per cent and voltage drop in $ 11 million to stay at No. 4.