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'Gravity' breaks away at the box office with $55 million

Sandra Bullock and George Clooney arrive on the red carpet at the New York Premiere of Gravity at AMC Lincoln Square in New York City on October 1, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney arrive on the red carpet at the New York Premiere of Gravity at AMC Lincoln Square in New York City on October 1, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The space thriller "Gravity," starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, led the weekend box office with $55.55 million.

The animated "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" was second with $21.5 million.

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All studio estimates of gross North American receipts are via Box Office Mojo.

"Runner Runner" was third with $7.6 million; "Prisoners" fourth with $5.7 million; "Rush (2013)" fifth with $4.408 million; "Don Jon" sixth with $4.16 million; "Baggage Claim" seventh with $4.125 million; "Insidious Chapter 2" eighth with $3.876 million; "Pulling Strings" ninth with $2.5 million.

"Enough Said" was 10th with $2.15 million.

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