Wall Street sequel No 1

FILM fans are investing in Michael Douglas and Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, which opened as the number one weekend movie in the US with $19 million (€14m), according to estimates.

The 20th Century Fox release led a crop of so-so to weak newcomers, though the sequel to Douglas and Stone’s 1987 hit, Wall Street, did not quite set off a bull market at the box office.

Its returns were solid but unspectacular, as Hollywood experienced a typically sleepy early autumn weekend, with audiences finding nothing to bring them out in huge numbers.