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Low-budget horror film Hostel has topped the US box office in its first three days of opening reports BBC news. "Hostel," a film about three young backpackers who become the victims of a torture ring bumped off the previous weekend's No. 1 film, Disney's "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," which came in second with $15.4 million to lift its domestic total to $247.6 million.

Hostel, directed by Eli Roth, took an estimated $20.1m according to early studio estimates. Hostel, which was produced for less than $5m , was purportedly inspired by true events and is described as "graphic and deeply disturbing" by the film-makers. Kill Bill's Quentin Tarantino served as an executive producer for the film.
Universal's "King Kong" was third with $12.5 million, raising its domestic total to $192.5 million.

The weekend's only other new wide release, 20th Century Fox's "Grandma's Boy," bombed with just $2.9 million. The comedy from Adam Sandler's production company stars Allen Covert as a video-game tester forced to move in with his grandmother.

The Jim Carrey comedy Fun with Dick and Jane dropped from third to fourth spot with ticket sales of $12.2m , followed by rival comedy adventure Cheaper By The Dozen 2, starring Steve Martin, in fifth

Steven Spielberg's revenge thriller "Munich" jumped four places to number six with $7.5m .

Playing in 484 theaters, up about 200 from the previous weekend, "Brokeback Mountain" averaged a healthy $11,881 a cinema, compared to $9,157 in 2,195 theaters for "Hostel, " reports Yahoo News