Lingering ‘Hangover’ leads weekend box office with $32.8 million; ‘Up’ stays aloft with $30.8M

Lingering ‘Hangover’ leads box office with $32.8M

LOS ANGELES — “The Hangover” is not going away any time soon.

The bachelor-bash comedy remained No. 1 at the weekend box office with $32.8 million, while the animated adventure “Up” came in a close second again with $30.8 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 Hollywood.com are:

1. “The Hangover,” Warner Bros., $32,794,387, 3,355 locations, $9,775 average, $104,768,489, two weeks.

2. “Up,” Disney, $30,762,280, 3,886 locations, $7,916 average, $187,425,989, three weeks.

3. “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3,” Sony $23,373,102, 3,074 locations, $7,603 average, $23,373,102, one week.

4. “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” Fox, $9,616,907, 3,365 locations, $2,858 average, $143,463,712, four weeks.

5. “Land of the Lost,” Universal, $8,994,030, 3,534 locations, $2,545 average, $34,820,550, two weeks.

6. “Imagine That,” Paramount, $5,503,519, 3,008 locations, $1,830 average, $5,503,519, one week.

7. “Star Trek,” Paramount, $5,454,563, 2,638 locations, $2,068 average, $231,882,965, six weeks.

8. “Terminator Salvation,” Warner Bros., $4,787,487, 2,650 locations, $1,807 average, $113,923,159, four weeks.

9. “Angels & Demons,” Sony, $4,111,457, 2,436 locations, $1,688 average, $123,211,661, five weeks.

10. “Drag Me to Hell,” Universal, $3,932,585, 2,273 locations, $1,730 average, $35,214,475, three weeks.

11. “My Life in Ruins,” Fox Searchlight, $1,710,353, 1,165 locations, $1,468 average, $6,371,636, two weeks.

12. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” Fox, $933,573, 799 locations, $1,168 average, $176,150,506, seven weeks.

13. “Dance Flick,” Paramount, $721,431, 810 locations, $891 average, $24,150,493, four weeks.

14. “Away We Go,” Focus, $560,815, 45 locations, $12,463 average, $757,635, two weeks.

15. “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,” Warner Bros., $466,250, 545 locations, $856 average, $52,895,861, seven weeks.

16. “17 Again,” Warner Bros., $415,883, 388 locations, $1,072 average, $62,144,014, nine weeks.

17. “Easy Virtue,” Sony Pictures Classics, $299,716, 90 locations, $3,330 average, $1,004,798, four weeks.

18. “The Brothers Bloom,” Summit, $296,404, 173 locations, $1,713 average, $2,508,778, five weeks.

19. “Under the Sea,” Warner Bros., $227,619, 42 locations, $5,420 average, $9,849,564, 18 weeks.

20. “Monsters vs. Aliens,” Paramount, $205,122, 255 locations, $804 average, $195,220,748, 12 weeks.

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Universal Pictures and Focus Features 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.; Paramount and Paramount Vantage 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. and New Line 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 Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC Films is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.; Rogue Pictures is owned by Relativity Media LLC; Overture Films is a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp.