LOS ANGELES (AP) - Anthony Hopkins’ exorcism thriller “The Rite” debuted as the weekend’s No. 1 movie with $14.8 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. “The Rite,” Warner Bros., $14,789,393, 2,985 locations, $4,955 average, $14,789,393, one week.
2. “No Strings Attached,” Paramount, $13,410,229, 3,022 locations, $4,438 average, $39,502,304, two weeks.
3. “The Mechanic,” CBS Films, $11,422,006, 2,703 locations, $4,226 average, $11,422,006, one week.
4. “The Green Hornet,” Sony, $11,184,361, 3,524 locations, $3,174 average, $78,485,016, three weeks.
5. “The King’s Speech,” Weinstein Co., $11,064,781, 2,557 locations, $4,327 average, $72,179,688, 10 weeks.
6. “True Grit,” Paramount, $7,518,265, 3,120 locations, $2,410 average, $148,305,900, six weeks.
7. “The Dilemma,” Universal, $5,665,730, 2,905 locations, $1,950 average, $40,824,185, three weeks.
8. “Black Swan,” Fox Searchlight, $5,118,269, 2,315 locations, $2,211 average, $90,722,310, nine weeks.
9. “The Fighter,” Paramount, $3,960,280, 1,914 locations, $2,069 average, $78,278,204, eight weeks.
10. “Yogi Bear,” Warner Bros., $3,167,440, 2,133 locations, $1,485 average, $92,509,281, seven weeks.
11. “Little Fockers,” Universal, $2,573,930, 2,051 locations, $1,255 average, $144,727,470, six weeks.
12. “Tron: Legacy,” Disney, $2,529,097, 1,505 locations, $1,680 average, $166,732,184, seven weeks.
13. “Tangled,” Disney, $2,526,561, 1,589 locations, $1,590 average, $189,576,785, 10 weeks.
14. “127 Hours,” Fox Searchlight, $2,136,801, 916 locations, $2,333 average, $13,510,921, 13 weeks.
15. “Country Strong,” Sony Screen Gems, $1,274,454, 1,287 locations, $990 average, $18,806,281, six weeks.
16. “Blue Valentine,” Weinstein Co., $1,186,124, 415 locations, $2,858 average, $6,063,224, five weeks.
17. “From Prada to Nada,” Lionsgate, $1,115,638, 256 locations, $4,358 average, $1,115,638, one week.
18. “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader,” Fox, $884,917, 732 locations, $1,209 average, $101,814,753, eight weeks.
19. “Season of the Witch,” Relativity Media, $778,183, 1,110 locations, $701 average, $23,710,664, four weeks.
20. “Gulliver’s Travels,” Fox, $726,653, 653 locations, $1,113 average, $40,973,767, six 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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