'Bad' is good enough to top box office with $23.4M

[March 19, 2010]  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Tyler Perry has a good thing going at the box office, with his latest comedy, "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," opening at No. 1 with $23.4 million.

Of the eight films Perry has made as writer, director and frequent co-star, five of them have debuted at the top spot.

Among the other new releases this weekend, the animated "9" came in at No. 2 with $10.7 million. Since its opening last Wednesday -- on 9-9-09 -- it's made just over $15 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. "Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself," Lionsgate, $23,446,785, 2,255 locations, $10,398 average, $23,446,785, one week.

2. "9," Focus Features, $10,740,446, 1,661 locations, $6,466 average, $15,160,926, one week.

3. "Inglourious Basterds," Weinstein Co., $6,140,617, 3,215 locations, $1,910 average, $103,903,469, four weeks.

4. "All About Steve," Fox, $5,638,243, 2,265 locations, $2,489 average, $21,650,628, two weeks.

5. "The Final Destination," Warner Bros., $5,522,377, 2,732 locations, $2,021 average, $58,280,235, three weeks.

6. "Sorority Row," Summit, $5,059,802, 2,665 locations, $1,899 average, $5,059,802, one week.

7. "Whiteout," Warner Bros., $4,915,104, 2,745 locations, $1,791 average, $4,915,104, one week.

8. "District 9," Sony, $3,538,769, 2,560 locations, $1,382 average, $108,456,233, five weeks.

9. "Gamer," Lionsgate, $3,293,055, 2,502 locations, $1,316 average, $16,261,653, two weeks.

10. "Julie & Julia," Sony, $3,156,316, 2,343 locations, $1,347 average, $85,216,398, six weeks.

11. "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," Paramount, $2,455,620, 2,120 locations, $1,158 average, $144,200,266, six weeks.

12. "The Time Traveler's Wife," Warner Bros., $2,307,017, 2,228 locations, $1,035 average, $59,035,745, five weeks.

13. "Extract," Miramax, $2,163,337, 1,614 locations, $1,340 average, $8,601,746, two weeks.

14. "Halloween II," Weinstein Co., $2,114,486, 2,350 locations, $900 average, $30,094,379, three weeks.

15. "Shorts," Warner Bros., $1,211,156, 1,701 locations, $712 average, $19,716,511, four weeks.

16. "(500) Days of Summer," Fox Searchlight, $1,174,165, 790 locations, $1,486 average, $30,001,366, nine weeks.

17. "G-Force," Disney, $1,015,865, 965 locations, $1,053 average, $116,715,916, eight weeks.

18. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," Warner Bros., $908,482, 744 locations, $1,221 average, $298,844,700, nine weeks.

19. "The Hangover," Warner Bros., $709,225, 564 locations, $1,257 average, $273,136,280, 15 weeks.

20. "The September Issue," Roadside Attractions, $693,862, 111 locations, $6,251 average, $1,266,000, three weeks.

___

On the Net:

http://www.hollywood.com/boxoffice/

___

Universal Pictures and Focus Features 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.; 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. and New Line 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 Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC Films is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.; Rogue Pictures is owned by Relativity Media LLC; Overture Films is a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp.

[Associated Press]

Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.