Jackson owns weekend with $15M 'Lakeview' debut

AP, 2008-09-23 01:31:27

A view of the Marquee at the "Lakeview Terrace" premiere at the AMC Lincoln Square on September 15, in New York City. Dark thriller "Lakeview Terrace," starring Samuel L. Jackson as a cop who torments his neighbors, topped the North American box office over the weekend, final figures showed Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bryan Bedder)

LOS ANGELES - Audiences paid up to see Samuel L. Jackson go nuts on his new neighbors in the thriller "Lakeview Terrace," which debuted as the weekend's No. 1 movie with $15 million.

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 Media By Numbers LLC:

1. "Lakeview Terrace," Sony Screen Gems, $15,004,672, 2,464 locations, $6,090 average, $15,004,672, one week.

2. "Burn After Reading," Focus, $11,028,257, 2,657 locations, $4,151 average, $36,135,221, two weeks.

3. "My Best Friend's Girl," Lionsgate, $8,265,357, 2,604 locations, $3,174 average, $8,265,357, one week.

4. "Igor," MGM, $7,803,347, 2,339 locations, $3,336 average, $7,803,347, one week.

5. "Righteous Kill," Overture Films, $7,424,479, 3,152 locations, $2,355 average, $28,534,233, two weeks.

6. "Tyler Perry's the Family That Preys," Lionsgate, $7,271,899, 2,070 locations, $3,513 average, $28,128,159, two weeks.

7. "The Women," Picturehouse, $5,417,779, 2,995 locations, $1,809 average, $19,321,011, two weeks.

8. "Ghost Town," DreamWorks-Paramount, $5,012,315, 1,505 locations, $3,330 average, $5,012,315, one week.

9. "The Dark Knight," Warner Bros., $2,915,174, 1,905 locations, $1,530 average, $521,890,027, 10 weeks.

10. "The House Bunny," Sony, $2,662,650, 2,675 locations, $995 average, $45,587,131, five weeks.

11. "Tropic Thunder," DreamWorks-Paramount, $2,556,241, 2,333 locations, $1,096 average, $106,805,722, six weeks.

12. "Mamma Mia!," Universal, $1,046,575, 1,121 locations, $934 average, $141,192,290, 10 weeks.

13. "Death Race," Universal, $1,036,105, 1,240 locations, $836 average, $34,918,855, five weeks.

14. "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," MGM, $951,512, 637 locations, $1,494 average, $19,394,888, six weeks.

15. "Traitor," Overture Films, $946,744, 1,407 locations, $673 average, $22,372,692, four weeks.

16. "Bangkok Dangerous," Lionsgate, $844,608, 1,349 locations, $626 average, $14,535,371, three weeks.

17. "Fly Me to the Moon," Summit, $776,759, 662 locations, $1,173 average, $11,005,828, six weeks.

18. "Journey to the Center of the Earth," Warner Bros., $768,325, 675 locations, $1,138 average, $99,096,933, 11 weeks.

19. "Babylon A.D.," Fox, $754,936, 1,013 locations, $745 average, $21,709,956, four weeks.

20. "Disaster Movie," Lionsgate, $660,627, 971 locations, $680 average, $13,600,376, four weeks.

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Universal Pictures, Focus Features and Rogue Pictures 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.; DreamWorks, Paramount and Paramount Classics 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., New Line, Warner Independent and Picturehouse 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 Lionsgate Entertainment Corp.; IFC Films is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.