`Stomp the Yard' opens at $25.9 million

LOS ANGELES - The dance flick "Stomp the Yard" debuted as the top weekend movie, taking in $25.9 million over the four-day Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend.

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 Media By Numbers LLC are:

1. "Stomp the Yard," Sony Screen Gems, $25,876,318, 2,051 locations, $12,616 average, $25,876,318, one week.

2. "Night at the Museum," Fox, $21,847,867, 3,612 locations, $6,049 average, $190,503,618, four weeks.

3. "The Pursuit of Happyness," Sony, $10,703,352, 3,169 locations, $3,378 average, $138,082,302, five weeks.

4. "Dreamgirls," Paramount, $10,259,911, 1,907 locations, $5,380 average, $67,101,078, five weeks.

5. "Freedom Writers," Paramount, $8,849,005, 2,179 locations, $4,061 average, $20,172,832, two weeks.

6. "Children of Men," Universal, $7,449,555, 1,508 locations, $4,940 average, $22,415,823, four weeks.

7. "Alpha Dog," Universal, $7,411,750, 1,289 locations, $5,750 average, $7,411,750, one week.

8. "Primeval," Disney, $6,792,318, 2,444 locations, $2,779 average, $6,792,318, one week.

9. "Arthur and the Invisibles," MGM, $5,702,789, 2,247 locations, $2,538 average, $5,702,789, one week.

10. "Charlotte's Web," Paramount, $5,348,867, 2,513 locations, $2,128 average, $73,731,304, five weeks.

11. "The Good Shepherd," Universal, $4,346,080, 1,994 locations, $2,180 average, $54,704,190, four weeks.

12. "Happily N'Ever After," Lionsgate, $4,277,793, 2,381 locations, $1,797 average, $11,865,637, two weeks.

13. "Rocky Balboa," MGM, $3,336,025, 1,835 locations, $1,818 average, $65,600,017, four weeks.

14. "Blood Diamond," Warner Bros., $2,874,933, 1,116 locations, $2,576 average, $48,199,168, six weeks.

15. "Happy Feet," Warner Bros., $2,866,252, 1,451 locations, $1,975 average, $189,052,102, nine weeks.

16. "We Are Marshall," Warner Bros., $2,858,355, 1,804 locations, $1,584 average, $39,188,707, four weeks.

17. "Eragon," Fox, $2,644,106, 1,614 locations, $1,638 average, $70,811,997, five weeks.

18. "Pan's Labyrinth," Picturehouse, $2,611,968, 194 locations, $13,464 average, $4,834,269, three weeks.

19. "Curse of the Golden Flower," Sony Pictures Classics, $2,190,075, 1,234 locations, $1,775 average, $4,538,871, four weeks.

20. "Casino Royale," Sony, $2,010,237, 819 locations, $2,455 average, $162,760,504, nine weeks.

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Universal Pictures and Focus Features are owned by NBC Universal, a joint venture of General Electric Co. and Vivendi Universal; Sony Pictures, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news).; 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.

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