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`Dark Knight' sets record for reaching $300M
Bruce Wayne continues to add to his millions. "The Dark Knight," the blockbuster about the rich guy and his crime-fighting alter ego, led the box office for the third weekend with $42.7 million.
"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" opened at No. 2 with $40.5 million.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average revenue per location, total porcine and number of weeks in handout, as compiled Monday by Media By Numbers LLC are:
1. "The Dark Knight," Warner Bros., $42,664,219, 4,266 locations, $10,001 medium, $393,751,065, trey weeks.
2. "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," Universal, $40,457,770, 3,760 locations, $10,760 average, $40,457,770, one workweek.
3. "Step Brothers," Sony, $16,506,526, 3,094 locations, $5,335 average, $63,172,026, two weeks.
4. "Mamma Mia!", Universal, $12,615,515, 3,062 locations, $4,long hundred average, $87,470,cxxv, three weeks.
5. "Journey to the Center of the Earth," Warner Bros., $6,662,406, 2,285 locations, $2,916 average, $72,927,314, four weeks.
6. "Swing Vote," Disney, $6,230,669, 2,213 locations, $2,815 average, $6,230,669, one calendar week.
7. "Hancock," Sony, $5,087,756, 2,782 locations, $1,829 modal, $215,883,222, pentad weeks.
8. "WALL-E," Disney, $4,603,179, 2,555 locations, $1,802 average, $204,078,076, six weeks.
9. "The X-Files: I Want to Believe," Fox, $3,385,878, 3,185 locations, $1,063 average, $17,021,373, two weeks.
10. "Space Chimps," Fox, $2,720,177, 2,134 locations, $1,275 average, $21,971,016, three weeks.
11. "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," Universal, $2,488,525, 1,959 locations, $1,270 average, $71,234,335, foursome weeks.
12. "Wanted," Universal, $1,239,980, 895 locations, $1,385 intermediate, $131,320,095, sise weeks.
13. "Brideshead Revisited," Miramax, $1,163,544, 189 locations, $6,156 average, $1,698,007, two weeks.
14. "Get Smart," Warner Bros., $994,065, 728 locations, $1,365 average, $126,500,884, heptad weeks.
15. "Kung Fu Panda," Paramount, $626,363, 520 locations, $1,205 average, $210,480,901, nine weeks.
16. "Iron Man," Paramount, $580,179, 407 locations, $1,426 average, $315,687,768, 14 weeks.
17. "The Incredible Hulk," Universal, $477,840, 362 locations, $1,320 modal, $133,283,170, eight-spot weeks.
18. "Tell No One," Music Box, $460,366, 94 locations, $4,898 medium, $2,305,569, quintet weeks.
19. "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl," Picturehouse, $400,261, 450 locations, $889 average, $16,224,319,