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LOS ANGELES - Adam Sandler and Kevin James' comedy "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" debuted as the top weekend movie with $34.2 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. "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry," Universal, $34,233,750, 3,495 locations, $9,795 average, $34,233,750, one week.

2. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," Warner Bros., $32,511,350, 4,285 locations, $7,587 average, $207,866,865, two weeks.

3. "Hairspray," New Line, $27,476,745, 3,121 locations, $8,804 average, $27,476,745, one week.

4. "Transformers," Paramount, $20,514,497, 3,762 locations, $5,453 average, $262,978,000, three weeks.

5. "Ratatouille," Disney, $10,899,179, 3,402 locations, $3,204 average, $165,519,955, four weeks.

6. "Live Free or Die Hard," Fox, $7,101,638, 2,727 locations, $2,604 average, $116,267,866, four weeks.

7. "License to Wed," Warner Bros., $3,577,230, 2,525 locations, $1,417 average, $38,495,133, three weeks.

8. "1408," MGM, $2,621,194, 1,451 locations, $1,806 average, $67,453,524, five weeks.

9. "Evan Almighty," Universal, $2,552,890, 1,779 locations, $1,435 average, $93,567,015, five weeks.

10. "Knocked Up," Universal, $2,292,640, 1,288 locations, $1,780 average, $142,698,885, eight weeks.

11. "Sicko," Lionsgate, $1,945,723, 1,117 locations, $1,742 average, $19,185,853, five weeks.

12. "Ocean's Thirteen," Warner Bros., $1,012,427, 750 locations, $1,350 average, $114,533,366, seven weeks.

13. "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," Fox, $751,826, 601 locations, $1,251 average, $128,879,368, six weeks.

14. "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," Disney, $730,059, 517 locations, $1,412 average, $306,034,458, nine weeks.

15. "La Vie En Rose," Picturehouse, $410,954, 178 locations, $2,309 average, $7,598,240, seven weeks.

16. "Evening," Focus, $397,034, 396 locations, $1,003 average, $12,004,435, four weeks.

17. "Shrek the Third," Paramount, $384,110, 408 locations, $941 average, $318,937,940, 10 weeks.

18. "Talk to Me," Focus, $355,680, 36 locations, $9,880 average, $909,289, two weeks.

19. "Rescue Dawn," MGM, $349,842, 57 locations, $6,138 average, $1,117,279, three weeks.

20. "Captivity," Lionsgate After Dark, $318,545, 754 locations, $422 average, $2,423,760, two 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.; 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.