Jessica Chastain overpowered Mark Wahlberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger and others as her low-budget horror flick emerged as the North American weekend box office champ and her Oscar-nominated "Zero Dark Thirty" captured the second spot as well.<br/> <br />Chastain's supernatural thriller, "Mama," pulled in 28 million dollars (USD) from Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to studio estimates, beating out a crop of new testosterone-fueled, male-targeted releases that finished far back in the pack.<br/> <br />"Zero Dark Thirty," for which Chastain is a leading best actress Oscar contender, took in 17.6 million, while another late 2012 release and Oscar favorite, "Silver Linings Playbook," finished third with 11.35 million.<br/> <br />Two new films, making their debuts this weekend, "Broken City," a crime thriller starring Wahlberg and Russell Crowe, finished fifth with 9 million. While Arnold Schwarzenegger's new action film, "The Last Stand," earned 6.3 million for a dismal 10th place.<br/> <br />An Arizona man with a special fondness for caped crusader Batman and his sidekick Robin bought the original Batmobile driven in the iconic television series with a bid of 4.2 million dollars (USD) at an auction on Saturday (January 19).
