The Grey leads the pack at the US box office.

(From Guardian Unlimited)

An independent movie was always going to top the charts at the weekend given that there were no new offerings from the studios. And so it fell to The Grey , a man-v-world survival thriller with sharp fangs, to assume the mantle. The $20m number one launch in the US led another decent weekend that was ahead of the same session last year and proved once again that when it has breathing room, independent fare can get bums on seats as effectively as studio product.

Joe Carnahan directed The Grey, which follows plane crash survivors in Alaska whose arrival alerts a pack of marauding wolves. It features a typically gritty and physical performance …