Stomp Dances To The Top Of The Us Box Office

Dance movie Stomp The Yard stunned US box office watchers at the weekend by claiming the number one spot with an impressive $22 million opening-weekend take.

The film, starring Columbus Short as a dancer at the centre of a step competition between rival college fraternities, ended Night At The Museum's three-week reign, and became the first new number one movie of 2007.

Ben Stiller's family comedy, Night At The Museum, enjoyed a fourth successful week, taking in $17.1 million over the weekend. The film has now raced past the $185 million in America, and holds the new number two spot.

Meanwhile, Justin Timberlake's new film Alpha Dog failed to perform, taking in just $6.1 million in its opening weekend, to claim seventh place on the new chart.

The only new entry in the top 10 was thriller Primeval, which debuted in eighth place with $6 million.