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'Burn After Reading' No. 1 with $19.1 million

Monday September 15 5:05 PM ET.....The star-studded comedy by the writing-directing team of Joel and Ethan Coen, "Burn After Reading," smoked the competition in its opening weekend with a box-office haul of $19.1 million.
Three other movies that debuted over the weekend, including "Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys," "Righteous Kill," and "The Women" rounded out the top four spots in North American movie theaters.
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. "Burn After Reading," Focus, $19,128,001, 2,651 locations, $7,215 average, $19,128,001, one week.

2. "Tyler Perry's the Family That Preys," Lionsgate, $17,381,218, 2,070 locations, $8,397 average, $17,381,218, one week.

3. "Righteous Kill," Overture Films, $16,288,361, 3,152 locations, $5,168 average, $16,288,361, one week.

4. "The Women," Picturehouse, $10,115,121, 2,962 locations, $3,415 average, $10,115,121, one week.

5. "Tropic Thunder," Paramount, $4,183,405, 2,927 locations, $1,429 average, $102,974,069, five weeks.

6. "The House Bunny," Sony, $4,154,427, 2,763 locations, $1,504 average, $42,008,459, four weeks.

7. "The Dark Knight" Warner Bros., $4,128,153, 2,191 locations, $1,884 average, $517,792,764, nine weeks.

8. "Bangkok Dangerous," Lionsgate, $2,592,656, 2,654 locations, $977 average, $12,723,787, two weeks.

9. "Traitor," Overture Films, $2,131,639, 2,014 locations, $1,058 average, $20,734,170, three weeks.

10. "Death Race," Universal, $2,056,415, 2,007 locations, $1,025 average, $33,232,495, four weeks.

11. "Babylon A.D.," Fox, $1,864,585, 2,062 locations, $904 average, $20,415,057, three weeks.

12. "Mamma Mia!" Universal, $1,827,985, 1,517 locations, $1,205 average, $139,401,320, nine weeks.

13. "Disaster Movie," Lionsgate, $1,565,854, 1,802 locations, $869 average, $12,655,988, three weeks.

14. "Fly Me to the Moon," Summit, $1,495,243, 698 locations, $2,142 average, $10,003,617, five weeks.

15. "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," MGM, $1,264,481, 726 locations, $1,742 average, $18,020,252, five weeks.

16. "Journey to the Center of the Earth," Warner Bros., $1,127,360, 751 locations, $1,501 average, $98,076,533, 10 weeks.

17. "Pineapple Express," Sony, $1,101,252, 1,030 locations, $1,069 average, $86,034,248, six weeks.

18. "Mirrors," Fox, $896,265, 1,008 locations, $889 average, $29,137,157, five weeks.

19. "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," Warner Bros., $881,447, 1,005 locations, $877 average, $33,919,298, five weeks.

20. "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" Universal, $678,720, 750 locations, $905 average, $101,596,445, seven weeks.

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