Director Steven Spielberg has returned to the top of the North American box office with his first movie in three years, "A.I. Artificial Intelligence," a science-fiction drama originally developed by late filmmaker Stanley Kubrick.
"A.I." grossed an estimated US$30.1 million for the Friday-to-Sunday period, pushing last weekend's champion, "The Fast and the Furious" to No. 2 with $20 million.
With a reported budget of US$100 million, "A.I." stars 13-year-old Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense) as a robot boy programmed to love. Unable to find complete acceptance from his human family or fellow machines he begins a quest to find out where he truly belongs.
Warner Bros. says that, despite its kid-friendly PG-13 rating, "A.I." played mainly to moviegoers aged over 25.
