The Break-Up is about a couple whose relationship is in trouble but who choose to stay together in their Chicago apartment.

Co-written by Vaughn, it has notched up the third most successful opening weekend on record for a romantic comedy, behind Hitch and 50 First Dates.

The third X-Men film broke the record for the most successful opening weekend for any film this year, taking $103.1m (£55m) in its first three days when it opened last weekend.

But its takings slumped 67% in its second weekend. It has now taken a total of $175.7m in 10 days in the US and Canada.

Animated adventure Over the Hedge, featuring the voices of Bruce Willis and Steve Carell, held onto third place in the box office chart with $20.6m (£10.9m).

The Da Vinci Code slipped two places to number four, earning $19.3m (£10.2m).

The religious thriller's three-week North American total now stands at $172.7m (£91.7m).

Al Gore's climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth made it to number nine in this weekend's chart.

It earned $1.33m (£700,000) from just 77 cinemas, meaning it took more money per screen than The Break-Up

 

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