US actor Vin Diesel has reason to smile, as 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' -- in which he has the voice role of a tree named Groot -- earned top spot at North American box offices for the second week runningMarvel's"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" trounced the competition for the second straight weekend in North American theaters, earning $60.5 million for a global haul topping half a billion dollars, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.
"Guardians" had unseated Universal's"The Super Mario Bros. Movie" from the top spot the week before. But the video game-based"Mario," which has now earned more than $1.2 billion worldwide, remained firmly in second spot in its sixth week out, taking in $13 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period.
The film, which follows four friends on a grown-up girls trip to Italy, features an all-star quartet of Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen -- all of whom are in their 70s or 80s.