‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ remake wins weekend with $32.9 million debut

‘Nightmare’ wins weekend with $32.9M debut

LOS ANGELES — “A Nightmare on Elm Street” led the weekend box office as the remake of the 1980s slasher film debuted with $32.9 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 Hollywood.com are:

1. “A Nightmare On Elm Street,” Warner Bros., $32,902,299, 3,332 locations, $9,875 average, $32,902,299, one week.

2. “How to Train Your Dragon,” Paramount, $10,614,289, 3,426 locations, $3,098 average, $192,173,750, six weeks.

3. “Date Night,” Fox, $7,577,352, 3,093 locations, $2,450 average, $73,604,361, four weeks.

4. “The Back-up Plan,” CBS Films, $7,255,762, 3,280 locations, $2,212 average, $22,963,517, two weeks.

5. “Furry Vengeance,” Summit, $6,627,564, 2,997 locations, $2,211 average, $6,627,564, one week.

6. “The Losers,” Warner Bros., $5,888,471, 2,936 locations, $2,006 average, $18,013,781, two weeks.

7. “Clash of the Titans,” Warner Bros., $5,855,368, 2,737 locations, $2,139 average, $153,911,073, five weeks.

8. “Kick-ass,” Lionsgate, $4,515,940, 2,542 locations, $1,777 average, $42,228,273, three weeks.

9. “Death at a Funeral,” Sony Screen Gems, $4,123,105, 2,271 locations, $1,816 average, $34,900,278, three weeks.

10. “Oceans,” Disney, $2,564,843, 1,210 locations, $2,120 average, $13,460,115, two weeks.

11. “The Last Song,” Disney, $2,255,782, 2,276 locations, $991 average, $58,600,765, five weeks.

12. “Alice in Wonderland,” Disney, $1,478,225, 1,050 locations, $1,408 average, $329,686,666, nine weeks.

13. “Hot Tub Time Machine,” MGM, $1,125,651, 1,112 locations, $1,012 average, $47,636,575, six weeks.

14. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” Fox, $981,535, 1,166 locations, $842 average, $60,899,640, seven weeks.

15. “The Bounty Hunter,” Sony, $846,334, 891 locations, $950 average, $64,065,681, seven weeks.

16. “Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?,” Lionsgate, $812,234, 727 locations, $1,117 average, $58,736,999, five weeks.

17. “City Island,” Anchor Bay, $733,338, 269 locations, $2,726 average, $2,086,876, seven weeks.

18. “Housefull,” Eros, $642,156, 82 locations, $7,831 average, $642,156, one week.

19. “Avatar,” Fox, $633,124, 387 locations, $1,636 average, $747,292,481, 20 weeks.

20. “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” Music Box Films, $510,509, 199 locations, $2,565 average, $4,632,005, seven weeks.

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Universal Pictures and Focus Features 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.; Paramount and Paramount Vantage 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. and New Line 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 Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC Films is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.; Rogue Pictures is owned by Relativity Media LLC; Overture Films is a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp.