The Dark Tower takes over number one spot in US
The Dark Tower had been in the pipeline for a decade.
The long-awaited big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower has edged out Dunkirk at the US box office.
The movie – starring Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey and Tom Taylor – took in 19.5 million dollars (£14.9 million) to take the top spot.
The film, based on author King’s series of novels, had been in the pipeline for a decade but was subject to various delays.
Its takings were in line with recent expectations but shy of initial hopes for the sci fi fantasy western.
Film-maker Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic Dunkirk slid to second place with 17.6 million (£13.4 million) in its third week.
The film stars Tom Hardy, Sir Mark Rylance, Sir Kenneth Branagh and Cillian Murphy and follows the evacuation of British forces from the beaches of 1940 France.
