‘Expendables’ wins weekend with $34.8M debut; ‘Eat Pray Love’ takes second with $23.1M

‘Expendables’ wins weekend with $34.8M debut

LOS ANGELES — Sylvester Stallone’s action romp “The Expendables” has captured the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office with a $34.8 million debut.

Opening a solid No. 2 with $23.1 million was Julia Roberts’ globe-trotting drama “Eat Pray Love.”

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. “The Expendables,” Lionsgate, $34,825,135, 3,270 locations, $10,650 average, $34,825,135, one week.

2. “Eat Pray Love,” Sony, $23,104,523, 3,082 locations, $7,497 average, $23,104,523, one week.

3. “The Other Guys,” Sony, $17,408,501, 3,651 locations, $4,768 average, $69,951,822, two weeks.

4. “Inception,” Warner Bros., $11,285,051, 3,120 locations, $3,617 average, $248,469,482, five weeks.

5. “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” Universal, $10,609,795, 2,818 locations, $3,765 average, $10,609,795, one week.

6. “Despicable Me,” Universal, $6,971,355, 2,923 locations, $2,385 average, $222,197,390, six weeks.

7. “Step Up 3D,” Disney, $6,905,201, 2,439 locations, $2,831 average, $29,844,422, two weeks.

8. “Dinner For Schmucks,” Paramount, $6,285,179, 3,046 locations, $2,063 average, $58,785,547, three weeks.

9. “Salt,” Sony, $6,219,502, 2,834 locations, $2,195 average, $103,438,273, four weeks.

10. “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore,” Warner Bros., $4,190,426, 2,728 locations, $1,536 average, $35,218,937, three weeks.

11. “Toy Story 3,” Disney, $2,222,731, 1,219 locations, $1,823 average, $400,824,826, nine weeks.

12. “Charlie St. Cloud,” Universal, $2,113,930, 2,083 locations, $1,015 average, $28,758,460, three weeks.

13. “The Kids Are All Right,” Focus, $1,352,585, 830 locations, $1,630 average, $16,721,391, six weeks.

14. “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” Summit, $1,279,650, 1,212 locations, $1,056 average, $295,842,444, seven weeks.

15. “Grown Ups,” Sony, $1,140,893, 968 locations, $1,179 average, $158,054,590, eight weeks.

16. “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” Disney, $1,120,604, 989 locations, $1,133 average, $59,538,764, five weeks.

17. “Ramona and Beezus,” Fox, $833,589, 632 locations, $1,319 average, $23,335,273, four weeks.

18. “The Karate Kid,” Sony, $518,156, 372 locations, $1,393 average, $174,861,447, 10 weeks.

19. “Get Low,” Sony Pictures Classics, $376,781, 53 locations, $7,109 average, $826,013, three weeks.

20. “The Girl Who Played With Fire,” Music Box, $364,484, 166 locations, $2,196 average, $5,188,619, six 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.