LOS ANGELES, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Universal Pictures' new thriller "Old" led ticket sales at the North American box office with an estimated 16.5 million U.S. dollars in its opening weekend, according to studio figures collected by measurement firm Comscore.

Inspired by the 2010 graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Levy and Frederik Peeters, the PG13-rated film follows a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly and reducing their entire lives into a single day.

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, the film stars an impressive international cast including Golden Globe winner Gael Garcia Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Abbey Lee, Aaron Pierre, Alex Wolff and Chinese American actor Ken Leung.

Shyamalan expressed his thanks to moviegoers who went to see the movie on opening days all over the world in a tweet.

"I can not express how much it means to all of us who made this story. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you," he tweeted.

"Old" has received mixed reviews so far. The film holds an approval rating of 52 percent based on 192 reviews to date on review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes and a "C+" on CinemaScore. Enditem

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