Monday, December 13, 2010

The top movies at the North American box office

Cast member Angelina Jolie arrives with Brad Pitt for the premiere of "The Tourist" in New York December 6, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Following are the top 10 movies at the North American box office during the three days beginning on Dec. 10, led by the new release "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader," according to studio estimates compiled on Sunday by Reuters.
1 (*) The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ... $ 24.5 million
2 (*) The Tourist ...................... $ 17.0 million
3 (1) Tangled .......................... $ 14.6 million
4 (2) Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows 1 .. $ 8.5 million
5 (4) Unstoppable .......................$ 3.8 million
6(13) Black Swan ....................... $ 3.3 million
7 (3) Burlesque .........................$ 3.2 million
8 (5) Love and Other Drugs ............. $ 3.0 million
9=(7) Due Date ......................... $ 2.5 million
9=(6) Megamind ......................... $ 2.5 million
NOTE: Last weekend's rankings in parenthesis; (*) denotes new release.
CUMULATIVE TOTALS:
Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows 1 . $ 257.7 million
Megamind ....................... $ 140.2 million
Tangled ......................... $ 115.6 million
Due Date ........................ $ 94.9 million
Unstoppable ..................... $ 74.3 million
Burlesque ....................... $ 32.6 million
Love and Other Drugs ............ $ 27.6 million
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader .. $ 24.5 million
The Tourist ..................... $ 17.0 million
Black Swan ...................... $ 5.6 million
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader," "Unstoppable" and "Love and Other Drugs" were released by 20th Century Fox, a unit of News Corp. "Black Swan" was released by Fox Searchlight, 20th Century Fox's arthouse arm.
"The Tourist" was released by Columbia Pictures, and "Burlesque" by Screem Gems, both units of Sony Corp.
"Tangled" was released by Walt Disney Pictures, a unit of Walt Disney Co.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" and "Due Date" were released by Warner Bros Pictures, a unit of Time Warner Inc.
"Megamind" was produced by DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc, and released by Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc.

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