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Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday. "Marley & Me," $37 million. "Bedtime Stories," $28.1 million. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," $27 million. "Valkyrie," $21.5 million. "Yes Man," $16.5 million. "Seven Pounds," $13.4 million. "The Tale of Despereaux," $9.4 million. "The Day the Earth Stood Still," $7.9 million. "The Spirit," $6.5 million. "Doubt," $5.7 million. ___ On the Net: http://www.mediabynumbers.com/ ___ 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 Vantage 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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