Sylvester Stallone roughed up rival flicks as his " The Expendables" took the top spot at the North American box office in its debut weekend, netting 34.8 million dollars, final figures showed Monday.

Sylvester Stallone, riding high on the success of The Expendables is already thingking up a sequel to the 80s-style action film.
Sylvester Stallone has hinted that there will be a sequel to his box office hit The Expendables.

The actor appears in and directed the 1980s-style action romp about a group of mercenaries, which features stars including Jet Li, Jason Statham, Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke and Dolph Lundgren.

The movie debuted in first place at the US box office at the weekend after taking almost 35 million dollars, and Sly admitted he was thrilled with the result.

Film critics, for example, have pretty much all decided that the Sly Stallone over-the-hill gang action picture was a lousy movie was a lousy movie with a great marketing campaign.