Tom Cruise's new film, the thriller 'Collateral', topped the US charts at the weekend, with a box office take of $24.4m.
The figure, while in line with Cruise's 'The Last Samurai' ($24.3m) and 'Vanilla Sky' ($25m), is the second smallest summer opening, behind 'Fahrenheit 9/11', which took $23.9m.
Directed by Michael Mann ('Ali', 'Heat'), 'Collateral' sees Cruise cast against type as a hitman who forces a taxi driver (Jamie Foxx) to ferry him around a series of contract killings over the course of one night.
The film opens in Irish cinemas on 17 September.
