'Hop' jumps to No. 1 spot with $37.5M debut

[April 05, 2011]  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The bunny tale "Hop" bounded to the No. 1 slot at the weekend box office with a $37.5 million debut.

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. "Hop," Universal, $37,543,710, 3,579 locations, $10,490 average, $37,543,710, one week.

2. "Source Code," Summit, $14,812,094, 2,961 locations, $5,002 average, $14,812,094, one week.

3. "Insidious," Film District, $13,271,464, 2,408 locations, $5,511 average, $13,271,464, one week.

4. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules," Fox, $10,040,822, 3,169 locations, $3,168 average, $38,196,168, two weeks.

5. "Limitless," Relativity Media, $9,307,896, 2,838 locations, $3,280 average, $55,509,640, three weeks.

6. "The Lincoln Lawyer," Lionsgate, $6,829,050, 2,707 locations, $2,523 average, $39,416,066, three weeks.

7. "Sucker Punch," Warner Bros., $6,020,403, 3,033 locations, $1,985 average, $29,811,118, two weeks.

8. "Rango," Paramount, $4,505,572, 3,134 locations, $1,438 average, $113,728,874, five weeks.

9. "Paul," Universal, $4,245,560, 2,550 locations, $1,665 average, $31,844,445, three weeks.

10. "Battle: Los Angeles," Sony, $3,536,435, 2,263 locations, $1,563 average, $78,502,566, four weeks.

11. "The Adjustment Bureau," Universal, $2,142,630, 1,525 locations, $1,405 average, $58,530,595, five weeks.

12. "Red Riding Hood," Warner Bros., $1,776,234, 1,788 locations, $993 average, $35,592,341, four weeks.

13. "Jane Eyre," Focus, $1,215,132, 180 locations, $6,751 average, $3,479,513, four weeks.

14. "Win Win," Fox Searchlight, $1,138,864, 149 locations, $7,643 average, $1,947,944, three weeks.

15. "The King's Speech," Weinstein Co., $1,133,162, 1,007 locations, $1,125 average, $136,586,305, 19 weeks.

16. "Beastly," CBS Films, $821,881, 821 locations, $1,001 average, $26,786,409, five weeks.

17. "Hall Pass," Warner Bros., $755,155, 703 locations, $1,074 average, $43,754,971, six weeks.

18. "Just Go With It," Sony, $632,813, 597 locations, $1,060 average, $101,425,320, eight weeks.

19. "Gnomeo and Juliet," Disney, $429,732, 735 locations, $585 average, $96,866,076, eight weeks.

20. "Mars Needs Moms!", Disney, $346,864, 701 locations, $495 average, $20,370,610, four 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 News Corp.; 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 Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

[Associated Press]

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