Feb 6, 2006 7:34 pm US/Eastern
'When A Stranger Calls' Scares Up $21.6M
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Camilla Belle in Screen Gems' When a Stranger Calls
Screen Gems
"When a Stranger Calls," the fright-film remake about a baby sitter menaced by a telephone stalker, dialed in as the top weekend movie with a $21.6 million debut.
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 Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. are:
1. "When a Stranger Calls," Sony/Screen Gems, $21,607,203, 2,999 locations, $7,205 average, $21,607,203, one week.
2. "Big Momma's House 2," Fox, $13,600,645, 3,261 locations, $4,171 average, $45,661,165, two weeks.
3. "Nanny McPhee," Universal, $9,796,465, 2,146 locations, $4,565 average, $26,535,740, two weeks.
4. "Brokeback Mountain," Focus Features, $6,003,544, 2,089 locations, $2,874 average, $60,102,890, nine weeks.
5. "Hoodwinked," Weinstein Co., $5,307,334, 2,907 locations, $1,826 average, $44,101,550, four weeks.
6. "Underworld: Evolution," Sony/Screen Gems, $5,302,601, 2,870 locations, $1,848 average, $52,950,739, three weeks.
7. "Something New," Focus Features, $4,879,736, 1,265 locations, $3,857 average, $4,879,736, one week.
8. "Annapolis," Disney, $3,415,500, 1,607 locations, $2,125 average, $12,883,153, two weeks.
9. "Walk the Line," 20th Century Fox, $3,287,475, 1,577 locations, $2,085 average, $110,611,645, 12 weeks.
10. "The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," Disney, $3,072,090, 1,716 locations, $1,790 average, $281,934,379, nine weeks.
11. "Glory Road," Disney, $2,840,287, 2,141 locations, $1,327 average, $38,835,141, four weeks.
12. "Last Holiday," Paramount, $2,637,987, 1,920 locations, $1,374 average, $36,334,454, four weeks.
13. "Capote," Sony Pictures Classics, $2,291,075, 1,239 locations, $1,849 average, $17,996,465, 19 weeks.
14. "The Matador," Weinstein Co., $2,267,978, 905 locations, $2,506 average, $8,575,836, six weeks.
15. "Match Point," DreamWorks, $1,840,093, 509 locations, $3,615 average, $16,471,243, six weeks.
16. "Munich," Universal, $1,675,150, 1,151 locations, $1,455 average, $42,960,295, seven weeks.
17. "Fun With Dick and Jane," Sony, $1,531,734, 1,361 locations, $1,125 average, $108,580,803, seven weeks.
18. "Good Night, and Good Luck," Warner Independent, $1,522,238, 929 locations, $1,639 average, $26,755,301, 18 weeks.
19. "The New World," New Line, $1,424,351, 803 locations, $1,774 average, $10,160,883, seven weeks.
20. "King Kong," Universal, $1,188,045, 864 locations, $1,375 average, $214,870,795, eight weeks.
(© 2006 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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