'Expendables 2' brawls its way to Box office No. 1 with $28.8M

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sylvester Stallone and his beefy buddies have muscled their way to the top of the weekend box office.

Stallone's action hero roundup "The Expendables 2" debuted at No. 1 with $28.8 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. That's lower than the $34.8 million start for "The Expendables" two years ago.

The Lionsgate sequel had to knockout another action tale as Universal's "The Bourne Legacy" fell to No. 2 in its second weekend with $17 million. 

on to other promising movies this weekend, one of which is Focus Features' animated comedy "ParaNorman,... have you seen the trailer? well you need to! its story is about a boy leading the fight against zombies that rise from the grave, it opens at No. 3 with $14 million.

and there`s Disney's family fantasy "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" which opens at No. 7 with $10.9 million. The movie stars Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton as a childless couple who become instant parents to a boy that magically appears in their lives.

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