"New Year's Eve" was quiet at the box office, the star-studded holiday romance opening at No. 1 with a weak $13 million on a slow weekend whose overall revenues were Hollywood's lowest in more than three years.
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. "New Year's Eve," Warner Bros., $13,019,180, 3,505 locations, $3,714 average, $13,019,180, one week.
2. "The Sitter," Fox, $9,851,435, 2,750 locations, $3,582 average, $9,851,435, one week.
3. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1," Summit, $7,819,402, 3,604 locations, $2,170 average, $259,402,669, four weeks.
4. "The Muppets," Disney, $6,978,870, 3,328 locations, $2,097 average, $65,742,128, three weeks.
5. "Arthur Christmas," Sony, $6,510,486, 3,272 locations, $1,990 average, $33,400,598, three weeks.
6. "Hugo," Paramount, $6,050,309, 2,608 locations, $2,320 average, $33,414,719, three weeks.
7. "The Descendants," Fox Searchlight, $4,380,138, 876 locations, $5,000 average, $23,630,561, four weeks.
8. "Happy Feet Two," Warner Bros., $3,690,304, 2,840 locations, $1,299 average, $56,790,405, four weeks.
9. "Jack and Jill," Sony, $3,085,098, 2,787 locations, $1,107 average, $68,527,385, five weeks.
10. "Immortals," Relativity Media, $2,461,227, 2,299 locations, $1,071 average, $79,868,732, five weeks.
11. "Tower Heist," Universal, $2,358,655, 2,069 locations, $1,140 average, $74,122,185, six weeks.
12. "Puss in Boots," Paramount, $1,628,199, 1,843 locations, $883 average, $141,873,474, seven weeks.
13. "J. Edgar," Warner Bros., $1,188,413, 1,555 locations, $764 average, $34,761,111, five weeks.
14. "My Week with Marilyn," Weinstein Co., $780,822, 244 locations, $3,200 average, $5,118,661, three weeks.
15. "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas," Warner Bros., $474,749, 470 locations, $1,010 average, $33,986,208, six weeks.
16. "In Time," Fox, $347,020, 354 locations, $980 average, $36,405,892, seven weeks.
17. "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," Focus, $310,562, four locations, $77,641 average, $310,562, one week.
18. "Young Adult," Paramount, $310,263, eight locations, $38,783 average, $310,263, one week.
19. "The Artist," Weinstein Co., $295,361, 16 locations, $18,460 average, $888,741, three weeks.
20. "Shame," Fox Searchlight, $283,415, 21 locations, $13,496 average, $781,501, two weeks.
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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.
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