'Ralph' leads weekend U.S. box office

LOS ANGELES, D.C., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The animated "Wreck-It Ralph" took in a whopping $49.1 million to lead the U.S. weekend box office.

"Flight." starring Denzel Washington, was a respectable but distant second with $25.01 million.

All studio estimates of gross U.S. receipts are via Box Office Mojo.

"Argo" was third with $10.245 million; "The Man with the Iron Fists" fourth with $8.219 million; "Taken 2" fifth with $6 million; "Cloud Atlas" sixth with $5.250 million; the animated "Hotel Transylvania" seventh with $4.5 million; "Paranormal Activity 4" eighth with $4.3 million; "Here Comes the Boom" ninth with $3.6 million.

And "Silent Hill: Revelation 3D" 10th with $3.3 million.