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'Wall-E' rakes in $63.1 million with No. 1 debut



By AP
30 June 2008 @ 05:53 pm EST

LOS ANGELES - The robot love tale "Wall-E" rolled over the competition on its debut weekend, hauling in $63.1 million as it held the Angelina Jolie thriller "Wanted" to a second-place opening.

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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:

1. "Wall-E," Disney, $63,087,526, 3,992 locations, $15,803 average, $63,087,526, one week.

2. "Wanted," Universal, $50,927,085, 3,175 locations, $16,040 average, $50,927,085, one week.

3. "Get Smart," Warner Bros., $20,211,242, 3,915 locations, $5,163 average, $77,477,031, two weeks.

4. "Kung Fu Panda," Paramount, $11,692,061, 3,670 locations, $3,186 average, $179,276,754, four weeks.

5. "The Incredible Hulk," Universal, $9,577,245, 3,349 locations, $2,860 average, $115,859,210, three weeks.

6. "The Love Guru," Paramount, $5,340,895, 3,012 locations, $1,773 average, $25,222,377, two weeks.

7. "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," Paramount, $5,179,960, 2,556 locations, $2,027 average, $300,085,447, six weeks.

8. "The Happening," Fox, $3,907,948, 2,483 locations, $1,574 average, $59,120,854, three weeks.

Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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