'Incredible Hulk' casts green glow over American box office

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LOS ANGELES (AFP) — The latest Hollywood incarnation of "The Incredible Hulk" outmuscled its rivals at the North American box office this weekend to earn 55.4 million dollars, industry figures showed Monday.

"The Incredible Hulk", starring Edward Norton as scientist Bruce Banner who turns into a ferocious green giant when enraged, knocked animated children's film "Kung Fu Panda" off the top spot on its debut weekend.

The film comes just five years after another big-screen version of the Marvel Comics character, Ang Lee's 2003 film "The Hulk," which failed to launch a money-spinning franchise after receiving mixed reviews.

"Kung Fu Panda," which charts the adventures of a kindly panda forced to become a martial-arts master to save his jungle from leopard...