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`Four Christmases' coasts to $31.1 million debut
AP - Tuesday, December 2
LOS ANGELES - Audiences spent Thanksgiving with Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn, whose holiday comedy "Four Christmases" took in $31.1 million to open as the top weekend movie. The film opened Wednesday to get a head start on the long weekend.
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 Media By Numbers LLC:
1. "Four Christmases," Warner Bros., $31,069,826, 3,310 locations, $9,387 average, $46,054,468, one week.
2. "Bolt," Disney, $26,581,002, 3,654 locations, $7,274 average, $66,848,840, two weeks.
3. "Twilight," Summit Entertainment, $26,344,032, 3,425 locations, $7,692 average, $119,706,509, two weeks.
4. "Quantum of Solace," Sony, $18,833,552, 3,501 locations, $5,379 average, $141,418,534, three weeks.
5. "Australia," Fox, $14,800,723, 2,642 locations, $5,602 average, $2,004,456, one week.
6. "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa," Paramount, $14,207,329, 3,709 locations, $3,831 average, $159,066,369, four weeks.
7. "Transporter 3," Lionsgate, $12,063,452, 2,626 locations, $4,594 average, $18,230,758, one week.
8. "Role Models," Universal, $5,191,180, 2,195 locations, $2,365 average, $57,780,820, four weeks.
9. "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas," Miramax, $1,696,187, 582 locations, $2,914 average, $5,169,495, four weeks.
10. "Milk," Focus, $1,453,844, 36 locations, $40,385 average, $1,941,472, one week.
11. "Slumdog Millionaire," Fox Searchlight, $1,346,039, 49 locations, $27,470 average, $3,544,374, three weeks.
12. "Changeling," Universal, $1,207,240, 1,010 locations, $1,195 average, $33,849,632, six weeks.
13. "High School Musical 3: Senior Year," Disney, $1,061,628, 1,385 locations, $767 average, $88,751,254, six weeks.
14. "The Secret Life of Bees," Fox Searchlight, $561,671, 490 locations, $1,146 average, $36,652,652, seven weeks.
15. "Rachel Getting Married," Sony Pictures Classics, $530,210, 216 locations, $2,455 average, $8,802,274, nine weeks.
16. "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," Weinstein Co., $524,425, 437 locations, $1,200 average, $30,439,806, five weeks.
17. "Soul Men," MGM, $455,335, 335 locations, $1,359 average, $11,652,750, four weeks.
18. "Fireproof," Samuel Goldwyn, $431,787, 486 locations, $888 average, $32,306,871, 10 weeks.
19. "The Dark Knight," Warner Bros., $343,366, 305 locations, $1,126 average, $530,258,989, 20 weeks.
20. "Happy-Go-Lucky," Miramax, $289,208, 202 locations, $1,432 average, $2,641,426, eight weeks.
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Universal Pictures, Focus Features and Rogue Pictures 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.; DreamWorks, Paramount and Paramount Classics 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., New Line, Warner Independent and Picturehouse 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 Lionsgate Entertainment Corp.; IFC Films is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.
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