?The Pink Panther? marked its opening weekend by clawing its way to the top of the box office making a massive $21.7million.
The new version of the film starring Steve Martin and Beyonce Knowles topped the box office on a weekend literally swamped with new releases.
The film which originally starred Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau attracted a broad range of people to cinemas. Sony?s head of distribution, Rory Bruer said: "It was just all over the place, kids, parents, teenagers. We had everybody,"
?Final Destination 3? came a close second grossing $20.1million; ?Curious George? made $15.3million while the new Harrison Ford film ?Firewall? made a paltry $13,8million...bring on Indiana Jones!!!

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