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 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 Media By Numbers LLC are:
1. "Baby Mama," Universal, $17,407,110, 2,543 locations, $6,845 average, $17,407,110, one week.
2. "Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay," Warner Bros., $14,908,404, 2,510 locations, $5,940 average, $14,908,404, one week.
3. "The Forbidden Kingdom," Lionsgate, $11,212,364, 3,151 locations, $3,558 average, $38,237,498, two weeks.
4. "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," Universal, $11,028,060, 2,799 locations, $3,940 average, $35,090,955, two weeks.
5. "Nim's Island," Fox, $4,548,792, 2,977 locations, $1,528 average, $38,977,518, four weeks.
6. "Prom Night," Sony Screen Gems, $4,508,122, 2,821 locations, $1,598 average, $38,222,732, three weeks.
7. "21," Sony, $4,018,064, 2,952 locations, $1,361 average, $75,792,625, five weeks.
8. "88 Minutes," Sony, $3,593,890, 2,168 locations, $1,658 average, $12,625,951, two weeks.
9. "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!," Fox, $2,486,903, 2,159 locations, $1,152 average, $147,959,806, seven weeks.
10. "Deception," Fox, $2,312,146, 2,001 locations, $1,155 average, $2,312,146, one week.
11. "Street Kings," Fox Searchlight, $2,149,063, 1,735 locations, $1,239 average, $23,705,977, three weeks.
12. "Leatherheads," Universal, $1,827,555, 2,255 locations, $810 average, $29,287,855, four weeks.
13. "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed," Rocky Mountain Pictures, $1,394,940, 1,041 locations, $1,340 average, $5,297,860, two weeks.
14. "Smart People," Miramax, $895,175, 1,036 locations, $864 average, $8,284,401, three weeks.
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 15. "Superhero Movie," MGM, $869,112, 1,103 locations, $788 average, $24,912,802, five weeks.
16. "The Visitor," Overture Films, $477,711, 76 locations, $6,286 average, $826,290, three weeks.
17. "Shine a Light," Paramount Vantage, $425,957, 218 locations, $1,954 average, $4,406,820, four weeks.
18. "The Ruins," Paramount, $420,262, 722 locations, $582 average, $16,673,890, four weeks.
19. "Drillbit Taylor," Paramount, $395,693, 702 locations, $564 average, $30,364,117, six weeks.
20. "Under the Same Moon," Fox Searchlight-Weinstein Co., $394,443, 453 locations, $871 average, $11,778,691, six weeks.
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Universal Pictures, Focus Features and Rogue Pictures 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.; DreamWorks, Paramount and Paramount Classics 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., New Line, Warner Independent and Picturehouse 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 Lionsgate Entertainment Corp.; IFC Films is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.
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