Marley and Me

Marley and Me

Comedy Marley and Me, which stars Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston remains top dog at the American box office for the second straight week.

The film, which opened Christmas Day, follows Labrador that Grogan, a journalist, adopts with his wife in order to give them an idea of how they might be as parents.

However, the dog is hyperactive and causes chaos wreaking havoc both at home and at the obedience school. Matters get worse when they finally have some kids but the dog becomes an important part of their family unit.

With no new wide releases this week the chart stood much the same as the previous week with Oscar contender The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at number three and Tom Cruise's new movie Valkyrie the best placed of the speight of war movies currently dominating cinema screens.

Opening to limited releases were Daniel Craig's Defiance, opening in just two cinemas, which follows three Jewish brothers who form a group of freedom fighters in Eastern Europe but the film did average over $60,000 in each cinema.

Good was the other war movie release which stars Viggo Mortensen.

1. "Marley & Me," $24.1 million.

2. "Bedtime Stories," $20.3 million.

3. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," $18.4 million.

4. "Valkyrie," $14 million.

5. "Yes Man," $13.9 million.

6. "Seven Pounds," $10 million.

7. "The Tale of Despereaux," $7 million.

8. "Doubt," $5 million.

9. "The Day the Earth Stood Still," $4.9 million.

10. "Slumdog Millionaire," $4.8 million.