The weekend box office ran on Diesel fuel.
"Fast & Furious," Vin Diesel's reunion with his cast mates from 2001's "The Fast and the Furious," was a smash debut with a $71 million weekend. The street-racing sequel co-stars Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster.
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. "Fast & Furious," Universal, $70,950,500, 3,461 locations, $20,500 average, $70,950,500, one week.
2. "Monsters vs. Aliens," DreamWorks-Paramount, $32,609,165, 4,109 locations, $7,936 average, $104,799,387, two weeks.
3. "The Haunting in Connecticut," Lionsgate, $9,481,647, 2,732 locations, $3,471 average, $37,171,280, two weeks.
4. "Knowing," Summit, $8,146,156, 3,323 locations, $2,451 average, $58,219,770, three weeks.
5. "I Love You, Man," Paramount, $7,722,468, 2,829 locations, $2,730 average, $49,159,558, three weeks.
6. "Adventureland," Miramax, $5,722,039, 1,862 locations, $3,073 average, $5,722,039, one week.
7. "Duplicity," Universal, $4,174,240, 2,522 locations, $1,655 average, $32,250,215, three weeks.
8. "Race to Witch Mountain," Disney, $3,212,602, 2,825 locations, $1,137 average, $58,249,111, four weeks.
9. "12 Rounds," Fox, $2,260,906, 2,331 locations, $970 average, $8,982,767, two weeks.
10. "Sunshine Cleaning," Overture, $1,807,164, 479 locations, $3,773 average, $4,702,721, four weeks.
11. "Taken," Fox, $1,544,471, 1,355 locations, $1,140 average, $139,416,323, 10 weeks.
12. "The Last House On the Left," Universal, $1,259,325, 1,305 locations, $965 average, $30,674,195, four weeks.
13. "Watchmen," Warner Bros., $1,074,320, 1,103 locations, $974 average, $105,346,566, five weeks.
14. "Slumdog Millionaire," Fox Searchlight, $499,257, 498 locations, $1,003 average, $140,244,722, 21 weeks.
15. "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail," Lionsgate, $479,975, 619 locations, $775 average, $89,869,224, seven weeks.
16. "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," Sony, $373,718, 545 locations, $686 average, $143,162,362, 12 weeks.
17. "Gran Torino," Warner Bros., $268,026, 363 locations, $738 average, $146,236,899, 17 weeks.
18. "Under the Sea 3-D," Warner Bros., $255,980, 43 locations, $5,953 average, $4,733,885, eight weeks.
19. "He's Just Not That Into You," Warner Bros., $207,532, 261 locations, $795 average, $92,901,114, nine weeks.
20. "Hotel For Dogs," Paramount, $194,541, 240 locations, $811 average, $71,651,820, 12 weeks.
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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