Cruise ship disaster remake Poseidon has failed to topple Mission: Impossible III from the top of the North American box office chart.
Poseidon entered in second place behind the Tom Cruise thriller, taking $20.3m (£10.7m) in its opening weekend.
Director Wolfgang Petersen's remake of the 1972 epic The Poseidon Adventure reportedly cost $160m (£84m) to make.
Mission: Impossible III took $24.5m (£13m) in Canada and the US over the weekend, according to studio estimates.
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It brings the film's two-week total to $84.6 (£44.8m).
Poseidon, starring Kurt Russell and Richard Dreyfuss, retells the story of a luxury ocean liner that capsizes under a freak wave.
The original film, which starred Gene Hackman and Shelley Winters, was a box-office sensation and has since attained classic status.
Dan Fellman, president of domestic distribution at Warner Bros, said: "While we had hoped for a slightly stronger opening, it's a little premature to assess the financial viability of the movie."
Other films in the top five included family comedy RV, starring Robin Williams, which took third spot with $9.5m (£5m), taking its three-week total to $42.8m (£22.7m).
Lindsay Lohan's new comedy Just My Luck opened in fourth place with $5.5m (£2.9m), followed by horror film An American Haunting, which made $3.7m (£1.96).
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