Moviegoers Warm to Perry's Marital Tale

Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:58 PM EDT

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LOS ANGELES — "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?" led the official weekend box office tally as the tale of couples reassessing their relationships debuted with $21.4 million.

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. "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?", Lionsgate, $21,353,789, 2,011 locations, $10,618 average, $21,353,789, one week.

2. "The Game Plan," Disney, $11,037,505, 3,128 locations, $3,529 average, $58,978,627, three weeks.

3. "We Own the Night," Sony, $10,826,287, 2,362 locations, $4,584 average, $10,826,287, one week.

4. "Michael Clayton," Warner Bros., $10,373,422, 2,511 locations, $4,131 average, $11,450,629, two weeks.

5. "The Heartbreak Kid," DreamWorks-Paramount, $7,280,450, 3,233 locations, $2,252 average, $25,856,010, two weeks.

6. "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," Universal, $6,153,075, 2,001 locations, $3,075 average, $6,153,075, one week.

7. "The Kingdom," Universal, $4,608,025, 2,836 locations, $1,625 average, $39,996,300, three weeks.

8. "Across the Universe," Sony, $3,824,988, 954 locations, $4,009 average, $12,734,454, five weeks.

9. "Resident Evil: Extinction," Sony Screen Gems, $2,646,261, 2,249 locations, $1,177 average, $48,063,414, four weeks.

10. "The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising," Fox, $2,212,955, 3,173 locations, $697 average, $7,167,028, two weeks.

11. "Good Luck Chuck," Lionsgate, $2,032,380, 1,951 locations, $1,042 average, $32,758,031, four weeks.

12. "3:10 to Yuma," Lionsgate, $1,538,167, 1,820 locations, $845 average, $51,535,461, six weeks.

13. "Feel the Noise," Sony, $1,339,028, 1,020 locations, $1,313 average, $5,110,283, two weeks.

14. "Mr. Woodcock," New Line, $1,123,549, 1,373 locations, $818 average, $24,400,084, five weeks.

15. "The Darjeeling Limited," Fox Searchlight, $1,085,337, 95 locations, $11,425 average, $2,155,758, three weeks.

16. "Into the Wild," Paramount Vantage, $928,678, 153 locations, $6,070 average, $3,959,354, four weeks.

17. "Eastern Promises," Focus, $842,067, 781 locations, $1,078 average, $16,263,330, five weeks.

18. "Transformers," DreamWorks-Paramount, $752,412, 360 locations, $2,090 average, $317,601,309, 15 weeks.

19. "The Brave One," Warner Bros., $686,300, 1,255 locations, $547 average, $35,997,063, five weeks.

20. "The Final Season," Yari Film Group, $664,351, 1,011 locations, $657 average, $664,351, one week.

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Universal Pictures and Focus Features are owned by NBC Universal, a joint venture of General Electric Co. and Vivendi Universal; 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.