The US Box Office saw a big surge in numbers starting with Christmas Day and continuing on Friday. Most of the films in the Top 10 had decent returns.

The number one film is the Owen Wilson-Jennifer Aniston comedy MARLEY AND ME. The film earned an estimated 14 million on Friday (in addition to its 14 million from Christmas Day) and already has an impressive total of 28 million going in to the weekend.

David Fincher's new film THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJIMAN BUTTON opened solidly in second with an estimated 10.2 million. The film also earned around 12 million on Christmas Day and has a decent two day total of 22 million.

Adam Sandler's new effort BEDTIME STORIES opened in third with an estimated 9.8 million after taking around 11 million on Christmas Day. Helped by the longer than normal weekend, this film should see a decent return but its a far cry from Sandler's other blockbusters.

Opening in fourth is VALKYRIE, the Tom Cruise World War II film, earning an estimated 8.1 million. The film has earned around 16 million over two days and should see a decent return for the remainder of the weekend.

The only other opener was Frank Miller's THE SPIRIT, which disappoints with only an estimated 2.6 million for Friday. It has earned around 6.4 million in two days and will not reach the stellar opening of his previous film SIN CITY.

The remaining films in the top 10 are holdovers from the previous Friday:

YES MAN - 5.9M
SEVEN POUNDS - 4.8M
THE TALES OF DESPERAUX - 3.1M
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL - 2.7M
FOUR CHRISTMASES - 1.8M

The North American box office in total took in 63.3 million for the whole of Friday 26th December 2008.