George Clooney and Sandra Bullock-starring space thriller Gravity has rocketed to the top of the US box office in its opening weekend, breaking a record in the process.
The film took $55.5 million over the weekend, which represents the best ever October opening in the US.
Gravity follows two astronauts battle for survival after their shuttle is damaged during a mission and has received widespread praise since it debuted.
The thriller knocked off last weekend's No.1 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, which took another $21.5m bringing its total earnings up to $60.5m.
The New York Gravity premiere red carpet as seen from a reflection in an astronaut's helmet (Picture: AP)Prisoners, another former No.1 slipped from two to five meanwhile, while the late James Gandolfini and Julia Louis-Dreyfus's Enough Said crept into the top 10 in tenth place.
There were two new entries - Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake crime thriller Runner Runner, which entered in third place, and comedy Pulling Strings at No. 9.
The US weekend box office top ten in full:
1 (-) Gravity - $55,550,0002 (1) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 - $21,500,0003 (-) Runner Runner - $7,600,0004 (2) Prisoners - $5,700,0005 (3) Rush - $4,408,0006 (5) Don Jon - $4,160,0007 (4) Baggage Claim - $4,125,0008 (6) Insidious: Chapter 2 - $3,876,000 9 (-) Pulling Strings - $2,500,00010 (11) Enough Said - $2,150,000
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