`Evil' endures with $23.7 million debut

Moviegoers feasted on zombies as the horror sequel "Resident Evil: Extinction" led the weekend box office with a $23.7 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 Media By Numbers LLC:

1. "Resident Evil: Extinction," Sony Screen Gems, $23,678,580, 2,828 locations, $8,373 average, $23,678,580, one week.

2. "Good Luck Chuck," Lionsgate, $13,652,001, 2,612 locations, $5,227 average, $13,652,001, one week.

3. "The Brave One," Warner Bros., $7,313,437, 2,755 locations, $2,655 average, $25,003,347, two weeks.

4. "3:10 to Yuma," Lionsgate, $6,157,624, 2,902 locations, $2,122 average, $37,718,878, three weeks.

5. "Eastern Promises," Focus, $5,641,788, 1,404 locations, $4,018 average, $6,443,748, two weeks.

6. "Sydney White," Universal, $5,196,380, 2,104 locations, $2,470 average, $5,196,380, one week.

7. "Mr. Woodcock," New Line, $4,923,896, 2,237 locations, $2,201 average, $15,648,584, two weeks.

8. "Superbad," Sony, $3,110,322, 2,305 locations, $1,349 average, $116,181,146, six weeks.

9. "The Bourne Ultimatum," Universal, $2,872,565, 2,009 locations, $1,430 average, $220,239,735, eight weeks.

10. "Dragon Wars," Freestyle Releasing, $2,596,278, 2,274 locations, $1,142 average, $8,657,527, two weeks.

11. "Rush Hour 3," New Line, $2,203,545, 1,620 locations, $1,360 average, $136,092,570, seven weeks.

12. "Halloween," MGM, $2,189,266, 2,338 locations, $936 average, $54,612,033, four weeks.

13. "Across the Universe," Sony, $1,950,871, 276 locations, $7,068 average, $2,896,771, two weeks.

14. "Mr. Bean's Holiday," Universal, $1,778,595, 1,702 locations, $1,045 average, $30,793,175, five weeks.

15. "Balls of Fury," Focus, $1,703,394, 1,832 locations, $930 average, $31,271,300, four weeks.

16. "Transformers," DreamWorks-Paramount, $1,436,280, 385 locations, $3,731 average, $313,588,051, 12 weeks.

17. "In the Valley of Elah," Warner Independent, $1,266,869, 317 locations, $3,996 average, $1,449,030, two weeks.

18. "Shoot 'Em Up," New Line, $784,491, 1,208 locations, $649 average, $12,145,633, three weeks.

19. "The Nanny Diaries," MGM, $783,302, 1,325 locations, $591 average, $25,223,334, five weeks.

20. "Hairspray," New Line, $712,875, 758 locations, $940 average, $117,445,257, 10 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.

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