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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.

9. "Sex and the City: the Movie," Warner Bros., $3,808,288, 1,755 locations, $2,170 average, $140,170,362, five weeks.

10. "You Don't Mess With the Zohan," Sony, $3,175,214, 2,147 locations, $1,479 average, $91,190,129, four weeks.

11. "Iron Man," Paramount, $2,257,113, 1,379 locations, $1,637 average, $309,179,318, nine weeks.

12. "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian," Disney, $1,037,841, 690 locations, $1,504 average, $137,665,472, seven weeks.

13. "Mongol," Picturehouse, $812,862, 209 locations, $3,889 average, $2,288,109, four weeks.

14. "The Strangers," Universal, $632,115, 602 locations, $1,050 average, $51,519,705, five weeks.

15. "What Happens in Vegas," Fox, $370,726, 361 locations, $1,027 average, $78,344,563, eight weeks.

16. "The Visitor," Overture Films, $295,387, 191 locations, $1,547 average, $7,651,884, 12 weeks.

17. "Baby Mama," Universal, $205,720, 278 locations, $740 average, $59,644,700, 10 weeks.

18. "Made of Honor," Sony, $190,960, 291 locations, $656 average, $46,012,734, nine weeks.

19. "Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic," Yash Raj, $181,610, 83 locations, $2,188 average, $181,610, one week.

20. "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," Universal, $124,165, 194 locations, $640 average, $62,725,000, 11 weeks.

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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.

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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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