LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leonardo DiCaprio’s thriller Inception held on to the top berth at the weekend box-office with $42.7-M, while Angelina Jolie’s spy caper Salt debuted a solid No. 2 with $36-M.
The Top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters last 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. Inception, Warner Bros., $42,725,012, 3,792 locations, $11,267 average, $142,883,424, two weeks.
2. Salt, Sony, $36,011,243, 3,612 locations, $9,970 average, $36,011,243, one week.
3. Despicable Me, Universal, $23,689,060, 3,600 locations, $6,580 average, $161,289,905, three weeks.
4. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Disney, $9,651,495, 3,504 locations, $2,754 average, $42,609,020, two weeks.
5. Toy Story 3, Disney, $8,917,512, 2,766 locations, $3,224 average, $379,416,551, six weeks.
6. Ramona and Beezus, Fox, $7,810,481, 2,719 locations, $2,873 average, $7,810,481, one week.
7. Grown Ups, Sony, $7,428,742, 2,859 locations, $2,598 average, $142,240,828, five weeks.
8. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Summit, $7,186,170, 3,121 locations, $2,303 average, $279,827,262, four weeks.
9. The Last Airbender, Paramount, $4,217,021, 2,127 locations, $1,983 average, $123,308,790, four weeks.
10. Predators, Fox, $3,120,656, 1,846 locations, $1,690 average, $46,839,081, three weeks.
11. The Kids Are All Right, Focus, $2,594,758, 201 locations, $12,909 average, $4,909,949, three weeks.
12. Knight and Day, Fox, $1,694,003, 1,265 locations, $1,339 average, $72,675,724, five weeks.
13. The Karate Kid, Sony, $1,100,315, 780 locations, $1,411 average, $171,713,173, seven weeks.
14. Cyrus, Fox Searchlight, $709,464, 454 locations, $1,563 average, $6,329,401, six weeks.
15. The Girl Who Played With Fire, Music Box, $563,790, 156 locations, $3,614 average, $2,944,891, three weeks.
16. Iron Man 2, Paramount, $438,975, 330 locations, $1,330 average, $310,840,824, 12 weeks.
17. I Am Love, Magnolia, $338,000, 166 locations, $2,036 average, $3,217,709, six weeks.
18. Winter’s Bone, Roadside Attractions, $322,661, 130 locations, $2,482 average, $3,556,647, seven weeks.
19. Hubble 3D, Warner Bros., 314,587, 53 locations, $5,936 average, 11,505,090, 19 weeks.
20. The A-Team, Fox, $289,198, 296 locations, $977 average, $75,737,628, seven weeks.