‘Resident Evil: Afterlife’ tops box office on year’s slowest moviegoing weekend

‘Resident Evil’ tops box office on slow weekend

NEW YORK — The 3-D horror film “Resident Evil: Afterlife” led the box office on the year’s slowest moviegoing weekend.

The fourth installment of the franchise debuted with $26.7 million. It was the only new film in wide release, and the box-office total of $82 million was the lowest grossing weekend of the year.

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. “Resident Evil: Afterlife,” Sony-Screen Gems, $26,650,264, 3,203 locations, $8,320 average, $39,986,817, one week.

2. “Takers,” Sony-Screen Gems, $5,675,611, 2,191 locations, $2,590 average, $47,680,783, three weeks.

3. “The American,” Focus Features, $5,674,240, $2,003 average, $28,111,358, two weeks.

4. “Machete,” Fox, $4,294,120, $1,603 average, $20,916,709, two weeks.

5. “Going the Distance,” Warner Bros., $3,788,222, $1,250 average, $13,952,322, two weeks.

6. “The Other Guys,” Columbia, $3,347,995, $1,491 average, $112,422,408, six weeks.

7. “The Last Exorcism,” Lionsgate, $3,322,853, $1,217 average, $38,062,322, three weeks.

8. “The Expendables,” Lionsgate, $3,223,651, $1,054 average, $98,466,264, five weeks.

9. “Eat Pray Love,” Sony, $2,928,256, $1,252 average, $74,660,964, five weeks.

10. “Inception,” Warner Bros., $2,802,390, $1,770 average, $282,211,978, nine weeks.

11. “Nanny McPhee Returns,” Universal, $2,080,315, $880 average, $26,281,045, four weeks.

12. “The Switch,” Miramax, $2,001,103, $1,255 average, $25,005,832, four weeks.

13. “Despicable Me,” Universal, $1,657,100, $1,205 average, $243,531,970, ten weeks.

14. “Vampires Suck,” Fox, $1,480,909, $887 average, $35,082,853, four weeks.

15. “Lottery Ticket,” Warner Bros., $1,206,043, $1,333 average, $22,613,669, four weeks.

16. “Get Low,” Sony Pictures Classics, $864,834, $1,635 average, $6,912,937, seven weeks.

17. “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World,” Universal, $802,140, $1,325 average, $30,438,315, five weeks.

18. “Toy Story 3,” Disney, $761,996, $1,070 average, $409,976,037, 13 weeks.

19. “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” Summit, $743,465, $626 average, $299,633,864, 11 weeks.

20. “Avatar: Special Edition,” Fox, $731,178, $1,677 average, $759,562,778, three 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.