'Contraband' takes weekend box office with $28.8M

Courtesy Topix - Entertainment News  Mon, 01/16/2012 - 15:35

The Mark Wahlberg smuggling drama "Contraband" stole the top spot at box office away from the 3-D rerelease of "Beauty and the Beast" and the musical comedy "Joyful Noise" with a $28.8 million debut haul, while "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" earned $14.2 million in its fifth weekend to take third place.


 

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