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Gravity tops US box office for third week in a row pulling in almost twice as much as its closest rival Captain Phillips

The Alfonso Cuaron directed movie, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, took in $31 million to top the US box office for the third week in a row.

3-D tickets accounted for more than 80 percent of "Gravity's" sales the first two weekends, according to Boxoffice.com, another researcher.

Made for $100 million, "Gravity" has helped lift Warner Bros. to No. 1 in domestic sales this year. Together with "Prisoners," the kidnapping drama starring Hugh Jackman, "Gravity" has given Time Warner Inc. (TWX)'s studio the No. 1 film in four of the past five weekends.