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'Expendables 2' holds lead in N. America box office

LOS ANGELES: A-list action romp "The Expendables 2" held onto the top rung of the North American box office for a second weekend, keeping "The Bourne Legacy" at bay, industry figures showed Monday. "The Expendables 2", which stars Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jet Li as mercenaries, raked in $13.4 million a week after its debut, according to movie tracker Exhibitor Relations. "The Bourne Legacy" -- starring Jeremy Renner as a secret agent threatened by his employers in the latest installment of the popular series that had starred Matt Damon as Jason Bourne -- took in $9.3 million for second place. Coming in third, also for a second week in a row, was "ParaNorman," an animated movie about a boy who can speak with the dead. It earned $8.6 million in ticket sales. Political spoof "The Campaign," starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis, remained in fourth place, with box office receipts of $7.5 million. "The Dark Knight Rises," the latest Batman film, climbed back up to fifth place, earning $7.2 million. The final installment in the trilogy directed by Christopher Nolan has so far raked in more than $422 million. Quirky fantasy-comedy "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" climbed to sixth place a week after its debut, bringing in $7.1 million. "2016: Obama's America," a documentary by conservative writer and commentator Dinesh D'Souza, shot to seventh place from a distant 13th last week, bringing in $6.5 million. "Premium Rush," an action film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a bike messenger being pursued by a corrupt cop, debuted in eighth at just over $6 million. Rounding out the top 10 were Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones's romantic comedy "Hope Springs," with $5.7 million in ticket sales, and action chase film "Hit and Run," which made $4.5 million in its opening weekend.