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 down from the $34.8 million start for "The Expendables" two years ago.

The Lionsgate sequel elbowed out another action tale as Universal's "The Bourne Legacy" fell to No. 2 in its second weekend with $17 million. That was a steep 55 percent drop from its $38.1 million opening weekend, though the movie's domestic total climbed to a solid $69.6 million.

Focus Features' animated comedy "ParaNorman, about a boy leading the fight against zombies that rise from the grave, was No. 3 with $14 million.

Sony's music remake "Sparkle," featuring "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston, was No. 5 with $12 million. The update of the 1976 movie centers on three sisters who form a singing group in the late 1960s.

Disney's family fantasy "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" was 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.

The newcomers and holdovers combined to lift Hollywood's overall business. Domestic revenues totaled $139 million, up 12 percent from the same weekend last year, when "The Help" led with $20 million, according to box-office tracker .

Business had been down the previous three weekends this summer, which has fallen short of the record-setting business many studio executives were predicting at the start of the season.

1. "The Expendables 2," $28.8 million
2. "The Bourne Legacy," $17 million
3. "ParaNorman," $14 million
4. "The Campaign," $13.4 million
5. "Sparkle," $12 million
6. "The Dark Knight Rises," $11.1 million
7. "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," $10.9 million
8. "Hope Springs," $9.1 million
9. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days," $3.9 million
10. "Total Recall," $3.5 million

滬江娛樂快訊：本周北美四部新片集中上映，史泰龍率眾多新老明星炮制的《敢死隊(duì)2》以2875萬美元的成績登頂票房。史泰龍2010年自編自導(dǎo)自演的《敢死隊(duì)》曾經(jīng)取得2.74億美元的全球票房戰(zhàn)績?！陡宜狸?duì)2》在保留前作中史泰龍、杰森·斯坦森、李連杰、施瓦辛格、布魯斯·威利斯、杜夫·龍格爾等硬漢的基礎(chǔ)上，又增加了查克·諾瑞斯、尚格·云頓兩位老牌硬漢以及中國女星余男和好萊塢90后新星利亞姆·海姆斯沃斯等人，票房表現(xiàn)值得進(jìn)一步期待。

上周冠軍，鷹眼杰瑞米·雷納主演的《諜影重重4》本周下滑55.4%至第二名，納入1702萬美元。

本周還有《通靈男孩諾曼》、《閃耀的火花》和《蒂莫西的奇異生活》三部新片集中在北美上映。喜劇驚悚片《通靈男孩諾曼》斬獲1400萬美元獲得第三名，該片在爛番茄網(wǎng)站得到了87%的新鮮度評級，顯示出其受歡迎的程度。翻拍自1976年經(jīng)典電影《火花》，講述黑人歌手奮斗歷程的《閃耀的火花》拿下1200萬美元獲得第五名。這是美國歌壇天后惠特尼。休斯頓生前參與的最后一部電影作品，惠特尼在片中演唱的兩首歌曲將成為不朽的遺作。奇幻片《蒂莫西的奇異生活》以1090萬美元的成績獲得第七名。

《政壇混戰(zhàn)》本周取得1338萬美元第四名的成績；《蝙蝠俠前傳3：黑暗騎士崛起》以1114萬美元的收入站在第六位，其北美票房收入達(dá)到4.09億美元，海外更是狂攬4.87億美元，超過了《黑暗騎士》創(chuàng)造的4.68億美元的成績。

《大希望溫泉》、《小屁孩日記》和《全面回憶》排在本周北美票房排行榜的第八至第十位，分別收入910萬美元、385萬美元和350萬美元。?