Rain's "Ninja" tops debutantes on U.S. box office

Blockbuster action movie "Ninja Assassin", starring Korean megastar Rain, was the best debutant amongst all Hollywood films on the U.S. box office yesterday, according to the film's distributor on Friday.

Warner Brothers said in a press release that "Ninja" had the biggest opening out of a total six movies that were released on November 25 and ranked fourth overall on the daily box office.

"Ninja" outdid No. 3 movie "2012" in terms of profitability (dollars earned per theater) by raking in 300,000 dollars more than John Cusack's disaster flick. The movie even outsold and placed higher than the family comedy movie "Old Dog", which stars Hollywood heavyweights Robin Williams and John Travolta.

"Ninja", which opened in 2,503 theaters across the country, is the only movie in ranking within the top seven that is showing at less than 3,000 screens and has an R-rating.

The 27-year-old star is currently in Harbour City, Hong Kong, wrapping up a world promotion tour for the film. He attended a star-studded VIP premiere party for the movie at the prestigious Grand Ocean Cinema.

Rain is scheduled to perform at Hong Kong's Asia-World Expo over the weekend of November 28-29 as part of the "Legend of Rainism" tour.

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