LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ryan Reynolds’ “Green Lantern” sparked its way to a $53.2 million opening weekend, good enough for a No. 1 finish but a modest start compared to other superhero adventures.
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. “Green Lantern,” Warner Bros., $53,174,303, 3,816 locations, $13,935 average, $53,174,303, one week.
2. “Super 8,” Paramount, $21,472,020, 3,408 locations, $6,300 average, $73,002,809, two weeks.
3. “Mr. Popper’s Penguins,” Fox, $18,445,355, 3,339 locations, $5,524 average, $18,445,355, one week.
4. “X-Men: First Class,” Fox, $11,933,524, 3,375 locations, $3,536 average, $120,358,086, three weeks.
5. “The Hangover Part II,” Warner Bros., $10,071,339, 3,460 locations, $2,911 average, $233,110,617, four weeks.
6. “Kung Fu Panda 2,” Paramount, $9,027,671, 3,469 locations, $2,602 average, $143,670,468, four weeks.
7. “Bridesmaids,” Universal, $7,097,735, 2,573 locations, $2,759 average, $136,450,725, six weeks.
8. “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” Disney, $6,646,249, 2,742 locations, $2,424 average, $220,746,502, five weeks.
9. “Midnight in Paris,” Sony Pictures Classics, $4,884,800, 1,038 locations, $4,706 average, $21,446,614, five weeks.
10. “Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer,” Relativity Media, $2,103,465, 2,524 locations, $833 average, $11,029,307, two weeks.
11. “The Tree of Life,” Fox Searchlight, $1,163,923, 115 locations, $10,121 average, $3,900,355, four weeks.
12. “Thor,” Paramount, $1,145,076, 875 locations, $1,309 average, $176,111,078, seven weeks.
13. “Fast Five,” Universal, $872,160, 729 locations, $1,196 average, $206,816,880, eight weeks.
14. “The Art of Getting By,” Fox Searchlight, $679,160, 610 locations, $1,113 average, $679,160, one week.
15. “Rio,” Fox, $517,653, 408 locations, $1,269 average, $138,725,044, 10 weeks.
16. “Beginners,” Focus, $354,948, 44 locations, $8,067 average, $909,124, three weeks.
17. “Water For Elephants,” Fox, $305,177, 351 locations, $869 average, $57,192,169, nine weeks.
18. “Soul Surfer,” Sony, $243,234, 264 locations, $921 average, $42,638,646, 11 weeks.
19. “Cave of Forgotten Dreams,” IFC, $241,045, 116 locations, $2,078 average, $4,138,016, eight weeks.
20. “Born to Be Wild,” Warner Bros., $218,501, 47 locations, $4,649 average, $7,239,197, 11 weeks.
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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.
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