'Chronicle' edges Daniel Radcliffe's 'Woman'

Some unknown kids with superpowers have nudged out the world's most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office in the US.

Chronicle, with a cast of unknowns as youths who gain telekinetic abilities, debuted as the No 1 movie with $22 million (Dh80 million).

Sunday studio estimates put Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe's ghost story The Woman in Black just behind with a $21 million opening.

Both movies packed in solid teen and early-20s crowds, Hollywood's bread-and-butter demographic that had been giving movies a pass during a box-office slump late last year.

The previous weekend's top movie, Liam Neeson's The Grey, slipped to No 3 with $9.5 million.