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. "The Dark Knight," Warner Bros., $26,117,030, 4,025 locations, $6,489 average, $441,628,497, four weeks.
2. "Pineapple Express," Sony, $23,245,025, 3,072 locations, $7,567 average, $41,318,736, one week.
3. "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," Universal, $16,490,970, 3,778 locations, $4,365 average, $71,048,920, two weeks.
4. "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" Warner Bros., $10,678,430, 2,707 locations, $3,945 average, $19,620,128, one week.
5. "Step Brothers," Sony, $9,128,662, 3,182 locations, $2,869 average, $81,132,136, three weeks.
6. "Mamma Mia!", Universal, $8,208,580, 3,194 locations, $2,570 average, $104,144,505, four weeks.
7. "Journey to the Center of the Earth," Warner Bros., $4,871,478, 1,970 locations, $2,473 average, $81,775,323, five weeks.
8. "Hancock," Sony, $3,317,450, 2,258 locations, $1,469 average, $221,726,791, six weeks.
9. "WALL-E," Disney, $3,140,083, 2,144 locations, $1,465 average, $210,206,582, seven weeks.
10. "Swing Vote," Disney, $3,125,290, 2,213 locations, $1,412 average, $12,020,828, two weeks.
11. "Space Chimps," Fox, $1,767,277, 1,631 locations, $1,084 average, $25,564,347, four weeks.
12. "The X-Files: I Want to Believe," Fox, $1,290,738, 1,695 locations, $761 average, $19,750,553, three weeks.
13. "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," Universal, $1,254,895, 1,012 locations, $1,240 average, $73,539,575, five weeks.
14. "Brideshead Revisited," Miramax, $1,062,247, 349 locations, $3,044 average, $3,346,544, three weeks.
15. "Wanted," Universal, $735,090, 642 locations, $1,145 average, $132,603,470, seven weeks.
16. "Get Smart," Warner Bros., $496,419, 432 locations, $1,149 average, $127,477,637, eight weeks.
17. "Kung Fu Panda," Paramount, $473,427, 408 locations, $1,160 average, $211,355,837, 10 weeks.
18. "Iron Man," Paramount, $426,502, 345 locations, $1,236 average, $316,468,817, 15 weeks.
19. "Tell No One," Music Box, $355,311, 102 locations, $3,483 average, $2,860,789, six weeks.
20. "The Incredible Hulk," Universal, $308,790, 332 locations, $930 average, $133,844,335, nine 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.
