LOS ANGELES (AP) - Disney’s animated video-game adventure “Wreck-It Ralph” has rolled up big box-office points with a No. 1 opening weekend of $49 million.
Denzel Washington’s airline saga “Flight” debuted solidly at No. 2 with $24.9 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. “Wreck-It Ralph,” Disney, $49,038,712, 3,752 locations, $13,070 average, $49,038,712, one week.
2. “Flight,” Paramount, $24,900,566, 1,884 locations, $13,217 average, $24,900,566, one week.
3. “Argo,” Warner Bros., $10,209,103, 2,774 locations, $3,680 average, $75,860,240, four weeks.
4. “The Man With the Iron Fists,” Universal, $7,910,980, 1,868 locations, $4,235 average, $7,910,980, one week.
5. “Taken 2,” Fox, $5,919,493, 2,639 locations, $2,243 average, $125,586,929, five weeks.
6. “Cloud Atlas,” Warner Bros., $5,379,314, 2,013 locations, $2,672 average, $18,391,743, two weeks.
7. “Hotel Transylvania,” Sony, $4,409,785, 2,922 locations, $1,509 average, $137,477,403, six weeks.
8. “Paranormal Activity 4,” Paramount, $4,252,468, 3,006 locations, $1,415 average, $49,529,682, three weeks.
9. “Here Comes the Boom,” Sony, $3,528,143, 2,314 locations, $1,525 average, $35,500,223, four weeks.
10. “Silent Hill: Revelation 3-D,” Open Road Films, $3,285,113, 2,993 locations, $1,098 average, $13,880,270, two weeks.
11. “Pitch Perfect,” Universal, $3,064,080, 1,502 locations, $2,040 average, $55,633,703, six weeks.
12. “Sinister,” Summit, $2,734,446, 1,882 locations, $1,453 average, $44,276,820, four weeks.
13. “Fun Size,” Paramount, $2,294,636, 3,016 locations, $761 average, $7,454,579, two weeks.
14. “Alex Cross,” Summit, $1,958,360, 1,648 locations, $1,188 average, $23,086,315, three weeks.
15. “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” Ssummit, $1,241,870, 622 locations, $1,997 average, $13,059,220, seven weeks.
16. “Chasing Mavericks,” Fox, $1,228,736, 2,030 locations, $605 average, $4,358,752, two weeks.
17. “Looper,” Sony, $1,210,783, 696 locations, $1,740 average, $63,661,804, six weeks.
18. “Frankenweenie,” Disney, $766,080, 857 locations, $894 average, $33,339,919, five weeks.
19. “Seven Psychopaths,” CBS Films, $739,194, 459 locations, $1,610 average, $13,411,750, four weeks.
20. “The Sessions,” Fox, $468,312, 69 locations, $6,787 average, $943,230, three 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 AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.
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