13 seconds ago 2009-11-27T18:50:01-08:00
LOS ANGELES – Jim Carrey made merry at the weekend box office as his animated take on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" opened at No. 1 with $30.1 million.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are:
1. "A Christmas Carol," Disney, $30,051,075, 3,683 locations, $8,159 average, $30,051,075, one week.
2. "Michael Jackson's This Is It," Sony, $13,157,944, 3,481 locations, $3,780 average, $57,013,286, two weeks.
3. "The Men Who Stare at Goats," Overture, $12,706,654, 2,443 locations, $5,201 average, $12,706,654, one week.
4. "The Fourth Kind," Universal, $12,231,160, 2,527 locations, $4,840 average, $12,231,160, one week.
5. "Paranormal Activity," Paramount, $8,278,605, 2,558 locations, $3,236 average, $97,108,475, seven weeks.
6. "The Box," Warner Bros, $7,571,417, 2,635 locations, $2,873 average, $7,571,417, one week.
7. "Couples Retreat," Universal, $6,129,045, 2,857 locations, $2,145 average, $95,680,555, five weeks.
8. "Law Abiding Citizen," Overture, $6,003,737, 2,474 locations, $2,427 average, $60,704,335, four weeks.
9. "Where the Wild Things Are," Warner Bros., $4,177,249, 2,756 locations, $1,516 average, $69,220,584, four weeks.
10. "Astro Boy," Summit, $2,626,103, 1,918 locations, $1,369 average, $15,110,804, three weeks.
11. "Saw VI," Lionsgate, $2,031,944, 2,091 locations, $972 average, $26,252,386, three weeks.
12. "Precious: Based On the Novel Push By Sapphire," Lionsgate, $1,872,458, 18 locations, $104,025 average, $1,872,458, one week.
13. "Amelia," Fox Searchlight, $1,806,626, 1,030 locations, $1,754 average, $11,346,336, three weeks.
14. "The Stepfather," Sony Screen Gems, $1,800,133, 1,424 locations, $1,264 average, $27,415,203, four weeks.
15. "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," Sony, $1,316,832, 1,126 locations, $1,169 average, $121,027,663, eight weeks.
16. "Zombieland," Sony, $1,295,685, 1,100 locations, $1,178 average, $73,506,107, six weeks.
17. "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant," Universal, $1,143,905, 1,421 locations, $805 average, $12,988,080, three weeks.
18. "A Serious Man," Focus, $863,750, 262 locations, $3,297 average, $5,833,069, six weeks.
19. "An Education," Sony Pictures Classics, $592,407, 83 locations, $7,137 average, $2,307,837, five weeks.
20. "Coco Before Chanel," Sony Pictures Classics, $545,146, 307 locations, $1,776 average, $4,107,048, seven weeks.
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Universal Pictures and Focus Features are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co.; Sony Pictures, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount and Paramount Vantage are divisions of Viacom Inc.; Disney's parent is The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is a division of The Walt Disney Co.; 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Fox Atomic are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a consortium of Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Sony Corp., Comcast Corp., DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and Quadrangle Group; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC Films is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.; Rogue Pictures is owned by Relativity Media LLC; Overture Films is a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp.
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