`Lone Survivor` tops weekend box office with $37.8 mln earnings

Washington: The Navy SEAL drama `Lone Survivor` has topped the box office by earning 37.8 million dollars in its first weekend of wide release.

The Universal film directed by Peter Berg stars Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch and Ben Foster, ABC News reported. It`s based on Marcus Luttrell`s memoir about a dangerous mission his Navy SEAL team embarked in Afghanistan in 2005. The top 10 movies at the Weekend Box office in US and Canadian theaters are: 1. Lone Survivor, 37,849,910 dollars 2. Frozen, 14,728,118, dollars 3. The Legend of Hercules 8,868,318 dollars 4. The Wolf of Wall Street 8,839,220 dollars 5. American Hustle 8,302,205, dollars 6. The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, 8,022,353 dollars 7. August: Osage County 7,158,265 dollars 8. Saving Mr. Banks, 6,556,216 dollars 9. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, 6,284,630 dollars 10. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, 5,838,849 dollars