Dr. Seuss' 'Horton Hears a Who' was the top grossing film at the North American box office this weekend for the second week running, taking in $24.6-million, industry figures showed on Monday.

Fox's animated version of the bestselling children's book, about an elephant who hears a cry from a speck of dust and pledges to help whatever made it, has taken in $86-million since it opened two weeks ago, Exhibitor Relations said.

The next three spots in this weekend's top 10 were taken by new entries -- 'Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns', followed by 'Shutter' and 'Drillbit Taylor'.

In second place, with earnings of $20.1-million, the latest offering from writer-director-actor Tyler Perry is a drama about love and family.

Angela Bassett stars as a Chicago single mother who discovers new relatives — and romance — when she heads to Georgia for the funeral of the father she never knew.

'Shutter', a remake of a Thai horror film starring Joshua Jackson, was in third place with takings of $10.4-million.

Jackson's character and his new bride, played by Rachael Taylor, run over a girl during a visit to Japan. She disappears after the accident but ghostly blurs begin appearing on the couple's photos and they suspect it is her, returning for revenge.

Also new this weekend was 'Drillbit Taylor', about three kids who hire a bodyguard — played by Owen Wilson — to protect them from a playground bully.

A comedy in the style of 'Knocked-Up' and 'Superbad' — other projects by producer Judd Apatow and co-writer Seth Rogan — it grossed $10.3-million.

The new entries knocked special effects-laden Stone Age epic '10,000 BC', the tale of a young mammoth hunter's quest to preserve his tribe's way of life, into fifth place with takings of $8.9-million.

At six was the Karate-Kid style rite of passage movie 'Never Back Down', about a tough kid drawn into the world of mixed martial arts, which took $4.8-million.

Coming-of-age comedy 'College Road Trip', featuring a father's antics as his daughter prepares to go off to university, was in seventh place with $4.7-million.

'The Bank Job', based on a real 1971 London robbery in which the thieves or the cash were never found, earned $4.1-million, taking the eighth spot this weekend.

The assassination of a US president told from several points of view, 'Vantage Point', dropped four places to ninth, with takings of $3.8-million.

And at number 10 was new entry 'Under the Same Moon', a poignant tale of a mother and son living on opposite sides of the US-Mexico border, which grossed $2.8-million.

AFP