‘Zombieland’ slays with $24.7 million weekend; ‘Cloudy’ still shines with $15.8 million

‘Zombieland’ slays with $24.7 million weekend

LOS ANGELES — The living dead led the weekend box office as Woody Harrelson’s horror comedy “Zombieland” debuted at No. 1 with $24.7 million.

After two weekends in first-place, the animated hit “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” was a strong No. 2 with $15.8 million.

Among other top-10 entries: the double-feature reissue of “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2″ in 3-D versions came in at No. 3 with $12.5 million; Ricky Gervais’ comedy “The Invention of Lying” debuted at No. 5 with $7 million; Drew Barrymore’s roller-derby tale “Whip It” opened at No. 6 with $4.7 million; and Michael Moore’s documentary “Capitalism: A Love Story” finished at No. 8 with $4.4 million in its first weekend of nationwide release.

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. “Zombieland,” Sony, $24,733,155, 3,036 locations, $8,147 average, $24,733,155, one week.

2. “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,” Sony, $15,809,039, 2,977 locations, $5,310 average, $81,501,320, three weeks.

3. “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2″ in 3-D, Disney, $12,491,789, 1,745 locations, $7,159 average, $12,491,789, one week.

4. “Surrogates,” Disney, $7,241,054, 2,951 locations, $2,454 average, $26,284,134, two weeks.

5. “The Invention of Lying,” Warner Bros., $7,027,472, 1,707 locations, $4,117 average, $7,027,472, one week.

6. “Whip It,” Fox Searchlight, $4,650,812, 1,721 locations, $2,702 average, $4,650,812, one week.

7. “Fame,” MGM, $4,626,952, 3,133 locations, $1,477 average, $16,507,188, two weeks.

8. “Capitalism: A Love Story,” Overture, $4,447,378, 962 locations, $4,623 average, $4,849,067, two weeks.

9. “The Informant!”, Warner Bros., $3,689,235, 2,425 locations, $1,521 average, $26,469,331, three weeks.

10. “Love Happens,” Universal, $2,749,025, 1,922 locations, $1,430 average, $18,882,080, three weeks.

11. “Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself,” Lionsgate, $2,599,720, 1,560 locations, $1,666 average, $48,284,523, four weeks.

12. “Pandorum,” Overture, $1,979,061, 2,506 locations, $790 average, $7,874,841, two weeks.

13. “Inglourious Basterds,” Weinstein Co., $1,419,256, 1,331 locations, $1,066 average, $116,894,138, seven weeks.

14. “9,” Focus, $1,398,401, 1,598 locations, $875 average, $29,441,230, four weeks.

15. “Jennifer’s Body,” Fox, $1,251,643, 1,642 locations, $762 average, $14,777,403, three weeks.

16. “All About Steve,” Fox, $1,145,890, 1,427 locations, $803 average, $31,747,303, five weeks.

17. “Bright Star,” Apparition, $716,096, 317 locations, $2,259 average, $1,936,829, three weeks.

18. “Julie & Julia,” Sony, $687,252, 782 locations, $879 average, $91,845,115, nine weeks.

19. “The Hangover,” Warner Bros., $552,565, 517 locations, $1,069 average, $275,156,197, 18 weeks.

20. “Paranormal Activity,” Paramount, $532,242, 33 locations, $16,129 average, $776,763, two 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.