Talladega Nights tops north American box office chart

The Will Ferrell motor racing comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby has sped to the top of the box office chart in north America.

The movie took $47m (£25m) in its opening weekend, according to provisional film studio estimates.

If confirmed this would make it the second-biggest opening by a non-sequel comedy, behind Bruce Almighty’s $68m (£36m) several years ago in 2003.

You can check out our review of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby here. It seems that the films popularity also extends to many of the in film quotes and one liners from the movie with many entertainment web sites reporting an increase in queries for taladega nights quotes.

The movie could continue to perform well at the box office for several weeks, we will keep you posted.