The Messengers haunt the US box office

This weekend in the US, most people were more excited about the nation’s biggest obsession – no, not American Idol, the Superbowl - than the movies. And while American footie madness dominated the weekend and meant that most big films stayed out of its way, a couple of releases attempted to grab some dollars.

The winner of the weekend was The Messengers, the first American film from Hong Kong horror gurus Danny and Oxide Pang. The ghostly tale of a family bothered by marauding spirits arrived at number one with $14.5 million.

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