BOX-OFFICE CHART

Two acclaimed films doing well at the US box office: the movie version of Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach makes an impressive dent, and David O Russell's low-budget comedy Flirting with Disaster, his follow-up to Spanking the Monkey, holds strong. (All figures denote weekend box-office only)

TOP 10 US

1 (1) Primal Fear ($8,108,561) US

2 (-) James and the Giant Peach ($7,539,098) US

3 (3) The Birdcage ($6,372,210) US

4 (-) Fear ($6,312,240) US

5 (2) Thin Line Between Love and Hate ($5,797,633) US

6 (4) Sgt Bilko ($3,907,690) US

7 (5) Executive Decision ($3,072,312) US

8 (10) Flirting With Disaster ($3,021,024) US

9 (6) Oliver and Company ($2,511,597) US

10 (7) Fargo ($1,881,347) US

Chart supplied by `Screen International'