LOS ANGELES (AP) - “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” continues to soar at the box office, adding $96.1 million in ticket sales and beating a spate of new releases to remain No. 1 over the holiday weekend.
The animated animal tale “Sing” won the battle for second place with a $54.9 million debut. Three other new releases, “Passengers,” ’’Why Him?” and “Assassin’s Creed,” rounded out the top five.
Ticket sales have already topped $11 billion for the year in the U.S. and Canada, according to comScore.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Monday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Tuesday by comScore:
1. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” Disney, $96,119,405, 4,157 locations, $23,122 average, $318,119,079, 2 weeks.
2. “Sing,” Universal, $54,931,630, 4,022 locations, $13,658 average, $75,544,270, 1 week.
3. “Passengers,” Sony, $22,685,000, 3,478 locations, $6,522 average, $30,010,201, 1 week.
4. “Why Him?” 20th Century Fox, $15,536,420, 2,917 locations, $5,326 average, $15,536,420, 1 week.
5. “Assassin’s Creed,” 20th Century Fox, $14,800,946, 2,970 locations, $4,983 average, $22,293,344, 1 week.
6. “Moana,” Disney, $12,554,860, 2,687 locations, $4,672 average, $185,587,051, 5 weeks.
7. “Fences,” Paramount, $11,600,170, 2,233 locations, $5,195 average, $11,791,685, 2 weeks.
8. “La La Land,” Lionsgate, $9,242,782, 734 locations, $12,592 average, $17,125,493, 3 weeks.
9. “Office Christmas Party,” Paramount, $7,047,209, 2,441 locations, $2,887 average, $44,086,811, 3 weeks.
10. “Collateral Beauty,” Warner Bros., $6,375,000, 3,028 locations, $2,105 average, $17,376,500, 2 weeks.
11. “Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them,” Warner Bros., $4,615,000, 1,966 locations, $2,347 average, $215,920,251, 6 weeks.
12. “Dangal,” UTV Communications, $4,298,016, 331 locations, $12,985 average, $5,132,049, 1 week.
13. “Manchester By The Sea,” Roadside Attractions, $2,761,541, 1,213 locations, $2,277 average, $19,476,657, 6 weeks.
14. “Jackie,” Fox Searchlight, $1,877,917, 348 locations, $5,396 average, $4,189,359, 4 weeks.
15. “Lion,” The Weinstein Company, $1,537,598, 500 locations, $3,075 average, $2,391,031, 5 weeks.
16. “Arrival,” Paramount, $1,523,947, 456 locations, $3,342 average, $89,826,305, 7 weeks.
17. “Doctor Strange,” Disney, $1,056,741, 538 locations, $1,964 average, $228,675,707, 8 weeks.
18. “Hidden Figures,” 20th Century Fox, $838,571, 25 locations, $33,543 average, $838,571, 1 week.
19. “Trolls,” 20th Century Fox, $631,553, 499 locations, $1,266 average, $148,897,711, 8 weeks.
20. “Hacksaw Ridge,” Lionsgate, $492,658, 428 locations, $1,151 average, $63,865,534, 8 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 21st Century Fox; 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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