‘Twilight’ climbs to $83.6M over holiday weekend, ‘Last Airbender’ launches with $51.8M

‘Twilight’ climbs to $83.6M over holiday weekend

LOS ANGELES — “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” finished the long Fourth of July weekend with $83.6 million, raising its total since opening last Wednesday to $176.4 million.

“The Last Airbender” debuted a strong No. 2 with $51.8 million.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Monday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Tuesday by Hollywood.com are:

1. “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” Summit, $83,637,242, 4,468 locations, $18,719 average, $176,382,220, one week.

2. “The Last Airbender,” Paramount, $51,804,232, 3,169 locations, $16,347 average, $69,315,329, one week.

3. “Toy Story 3,” Disney, $43,057,129, 4,028 locations, $10,689 average, $301,883,298, three weeks.

4. “Grown Ups,” Sony, $26,052,792, 3,534 locations, $7,372 average, $84,634,307, two weeks.

5. “Knight and Day,” Fox, $14,151,734, 3,104 locations, $4,559 average, $49,460,348, two weeks.

6. “The Karate Kid,” Sony, $11,031,522, 3,109 locations, $3,548 average, $154,554,780, four weeks.

7. “The A-Team,” Fox, $4,403,057, 2,153 locations, $2,045 average, $70,494,007, four weeks.

8. “Get Him to the Greek,” Universal, $1,723,840, 884 locations, $1,950 average, $57,965,435, five weeks.

9. “Shrek Forever After,” Paramount, $1,275,957, 957 locations, $1,333 average, $232,664,432, seven weeks.

10. “Cyrus,” Fox Searchlight, $1,094,111, 77 locations, $14,209 average, $1,811,985, three weeks.

11. “Letters to Juliet,” Summit, $972,374, 340 locations, $2,860 average, $51,094,679, eight weeks.

12. “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,” Disney, $884,816, 600 locations, $1,475 average, $88,338,986, six weeks.

13. “Iron Man 2,” Paramount, $875,834, 522 locations, $1,678 average, $308,530,297, nine weeks.

14. “I Am Love,” Magnolia, $722,544, 80 locations, $9,032 average, $1,290,480, three weeks.

15. “Solitary Man,” Anchor Bay Films, $658,628, 176 locations, $3,742 average, $2,917,807, seven weeks.

16. “Killers,” Lionsgate, $628,261, 727 locations, $864 average, $45,323,590, five weeks.

17. “Winter’s Bone,” Roadside Attractions, $598,699, 83 locations, $7,213 average, $1,880,590, four weeks.

18. “Sex and the City 2,” Warner Bros., $528,330, 355 locations, $1,488 average, $94,223,099, six weeks.

19. “Marmaduke,” Fox, $483,697, 475 locations, $1,018 average, $30,939,738, five weeks.

20. “How to Train Your Dragon,” Paramount, $481,505, 303 locations, $1,589 average, $216,296,739, 15 weeks.

Online:

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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.