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Published: Tuesday November 17, 2009 MYT 6:51:00 AM

Fans applaud apocalypse as '2012' debuts at $65.2M


LOS ANGELES (AP) - Disaster hammered the weekend box office as the doomsday epic "2012" debuted at No. 1 with $65.2 million domestically and pulled in $230.4 million worldwide.

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. "2012," Sony, $65,237,614, 3,404 locations, $19,165 average, $65,237,614, one week.

2. "Disney's a Christmas Carol," Disney, $22,308,913, 3,683 locations, $6,057 average, $63,272,757, two weeks.

3. "Precious: Based On the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire," Lionsgate, $5,874,628, 174 locations, $33,762 average, $8,699,180, two weeks.

4. "The Men Who Stare at Goats," Overture, $5,861,753, 2,453 locations, $2,390 average, $23,038,050, two weeks.

5. "Michael Jackson's This Is It," Sony, $5,078,920, 3,037 locations, $1,672 average, $67,190,296, three weeks.

6. "The Fourth Kind," Universal, $4,605,365, 2,530 locations, $1,820 average, $20,449,660, two weeks.

7. "Couples Retreat," Universal, $4,164,940, 2,509 locations, $1,660 average, $102,045,330, six weeks.

8. "Paranormal Activity," Paramount, $4,043,417, 2,712 locations, $1,491 average, $103,690,184, eight weeks.

9. "Law Abiding Citizen," Overture, $3,796,327, 2,071 locations, $1,833 average, $67,190,452, five weeks.

10. "The Box," Warner Bros., $3,158,368, 2,635 locations, $1,199 average, $13,179,622, two weeks.

11. "Pirate Radio," Focus, $2,904,380, 882 locations, $3,293 average, $2,904,380, one week.

12. "Where the Wild Things Are," Warner Bros., $2,418,140, 2,090 locations, $1,157 average, $73,440,413, five weeks.

13. "Astro Boy," Summit, $1,702,946, 1,354 locations, $1,258 average, $17,965,336, four weeks.

14. "The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day," Apparition, $1,033,639, 251 locations, $4,118 average, $2,495,119, three weeks.

15. "Amelia," Fox Searchlight, $923,785, 830 locations, $1,113 average, $13,143,512, four weeks.

16. "The Stepfather," Sony Screen Gems, $836,327, 858 locations, $975 average, $28,802,131, five weeks.

17. "An Education," Sony Pictures Classics, $661,901, 120 locations, $5,516 average, $3,218,225, six weeks.

18. "A Serious Man," Focus, $657,125, 240 locations, $2,738 average, $6,834,722, seven weeks.

19. "Zombieland," Sony, $475,124, 511 locations, $930 average, $74,542,128, seven weeks.

20. "Saw VI," Lionsgate, $449,512, 777 locations, $579 average, $27,445,118, four weeks.

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