A fantasy film about a make-believe world of monsters has entered the US and Canada box office at number one.

一部关于怪物虚拟世界的电影进入美国和加拿大票房排行榜第一位。

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Where The Wild Things Are contains actors alongside animation

Where The Wild Things Are made $32.5m (£19.9m) in its first weekend, beating Jamie Foxx thriller² Law Abiding³ Citizen into a second place debut⁴.

The film, which mixes live action and animation, is based on the children's book by Maurice Sendak, but audiences were predominantly made up of adults.

Ghost flick⁵ Paranormal Activity was also a new entry at number three.

The film - shot in the style of a documentary - is said to have made a box office impact due to word-of-mouth interest and has been compared to 1999 hit The Blair Witch Project.

It beat the debut Sony's bigger budget horror movie The Stepfather into fifth spot.

It is due to be expanded into more cinemas at the weekend where it will go head-to-head with established horror franchise⁶（特权，公民权） outing Saw VI.

The adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are, directed by Spike⁷ Jonze, features the voices of Forest Whitaker and James Gandolfini.

The story's main protagonist⁸（主演，主角） is a boy who journeys to a land populated by monsters who are torn between hugging him and having him for dinner.