“Super 8,” the science-fiction thriller from Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams, was the top film at U.S. and Canadian theaters, debuting with $37 million in ticket sales for Paramount Pictures.
“X-Men: First Class,” News Corp’s fifth film about mutants with super powers, and starring James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, dropped to second place from first with $25 million in its second weekend