LOS ANGELES (AP) – Disney’s animated “Chicken Little” stayed atop the box office pecking order, pulling in $31 million during the weekend.
The top 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 Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc.:
1. “Chicken Little,” Disney, $31,653,590, 3,658 locations, $8,653 average, $80,401,485, two weeks.
2. “Zathura,” Sony, $13,427,872, 3,223 locations, $4,166 average, $13,427,872, one week.
3. “Derailed,” Weinstein Co., $12,211,986, 2,443 locations, $4,999 average, $12,211,986, one week.
4. “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” Paramount, $12,020,807, 1,652 locations, $7,277 average, $17,723,544, one week.
5. “Jarhead,” Universal, $11,738,160, 2,448 locations, $4,795 average, $46,539,505, two weeks.
6. “Saw II,” Lions Gate, $9,125,604, 2,949 locations, $3,094 average, $73,876,511, three weeks.
7. “The Legend of Zorro,” Sony, $6,381,648, 3,053 locations, $2,090 average, $39,270,385, three weeks.
8. “Prime,” Universal, $3,874,375, 1,781 locations, $2,175 average, $18,918,950, three weeks.
9. “Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story,” DreamWorks, $3,728,510, 2,735 locations, $1,363 average, $28,853,998, four weeks.
10. “Pride and Prejudice,” Focus, $2,865,017, 215 locations, $13,326 average, $2,865,017, one week.
11. “Good Night, and Good Luck.,” Warner Independent, $2,501,496, 668 locations, $3,745 average, $14,489,880, six weeks.
12. “Shopgirl,” Disney, $1,802,032, 493 locations, $3,655 average, $6,118,672, four weeks.
13. “The Weather Man,” Paramount, $1,754,301, 1,250 locations, $1,403 average, $11,377,751, three weeks.
14. “Flightplan,” Disney, $1,585,755, 1,041 locations, $1,523 average, $86,650,911, eight weeks.
15. “Capote,” Sony Pictures Classics, $1,190,112, 264 locations, $4,508 average, $6,517,371, seven weeks.
16. “Wallace & Gromit: the Curse of the Were-Rabbit,” DreamWorks, $959,813, 1,012 locations, $948 average, $54,298,093, six weeks.
17. “North Country,” Warner Bros., $933,009, 1,044 locations, $894 average, $17,350,237, four weeks.
18. “The Fog,” Sony Screen Gems, $823,143, 787 locations, $1,046 average, $29,212,109, five weeks.
19. “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,” Warner Bros., $785,842, 169 locations, $4,650 average, $2,107,243, four weeks.
20. “Elizabethtown,” Paramount, $702,592, 730 locations, $962 average, $26,360,263, five weeks.
Disney’s parent is The Walt Disney Co.; Universal Pictures and Focus Features are owned by NBC Universal, a joint venture of General Electric Co. and Vivendi Universal; Lions Gate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; Sony Pictures, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; DreamWorks is a unit of DreamWorks SKG Inc.; Warner Bros., New Line and Warner Independent are units of Time Warner Inc.; Paramount and Paramount Classics are divisions of Viacom Inc.; 20th Century Fox is owned by News Corp.
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