Thriller “Eagle Eye” soared to the top of North American box offices, taking in $29 million in its first weekend in theaters on the wings of rising star Shia LaBeouf, according to studio estimates on Sunday.Romance “Nights in Rodanthe,” starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane, opened in the No. 2 spot with $13.6 million while suspenseful “Lakeview Terrace,” landed at No. 3 with $7 million, dropping 53 percent from last week when it topped the chart. It’s cumulative total now stands at $25.7 million.
“Eagle Eye” was released by DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc. “Rodanthe” was distributed by Warner Bros., part of Time Warner Inc, and “Lakeview Terrace” was put out the Screen Gems division of Sony Pictures, the media wing of Sony Corp.