`Game Plan' scores in $23 million debut

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's "The Game Plan" debuted as the weekend's top movie with $23 million.

The terrorism thriller "The Kingdom" opened in second-place with $17.1 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. "The Game Plan," Disney, $22,950,971, 3,103 locations, $7,396 average, $22,950,971, one week.

2. "The Kingdom," Universal, $17,135,055, 2,793 locations, $6,135 average, $17,135,055, one week.

3. "Resident Evil: Extinction," Sony Screen Gems, $8,036,405, 2,828 locations, $2,842 average, $36,826,411, two weeks.

4. "Good Luck Chuck," Lionsgate, $6,244,066, 2,612 locations, $2,391 average, $23,513,142, two weeks.

5. "3:10 to Yuma," Lionsgate, $4,208,366, 3,006 locations, $1,400 average, $43,951,910, four weeks.

6. "The Brave One," Warner Bros., $3,719,285, 2,837 locations, $1,311 average, $30,834,753, three weeks.

7. "Mr. Woodcock," New Line, $2,947,402, 2,195 locations, $1,343 average, $19,578,594, three weeks.

8. "Eastern Promises," Focus, $2,938,847, 1,408 locations, $2,087 average, $11,281,492, three weeks.

9. "Sydney White," Universal, $2,569,515, 2,106 locations, $1,220 average, $8,449,395, two weeks.

10. "Across the Universe," Sony, $2,016,224, 339 locations, $5,948 average, $5,476,433, three weeks.

11. "The Bourne Ultimatum," Universal, $1,745,475, 1,461 locations, $1,195 average, $222,788,180, nine weeks.

12. "Feast of Love," MGM, $1,707,967, 1,200 locations, $1,423 average, $1,707,967, one week.

13. "Superbad," Sony, $1,633,952, 1,517 locations, $1,077 average, $118,858,438, seven weeks.

14. "In the Valley of Elah," Warner Independent, $1,512,310, 762 locations, $1,985 average, $3,438,958, three weeks.

15. "Transformers," DreamWorks-Paramount, $1,200,730, 509 locations, $2,359 average, $315,175,018, 13 weeks.

16. "Rush Hour 3," New Line, $1,161,100, 1,152 locations, $1,008 average, $137,669,996, eight weeks.

17. "Halloween," MGM, $990,099, 1,245 locations, $795 average, $56,201,164, five weeks.

18. "Dragon Wars," Freestyle Releasing, $901,956, 1,376 locations, $655 average, $10,213,483, three weeks.

19. "Mr. Bean's Holiday," Universal, $719,325, 1,262 locations, $570 average, $31,818,685, six weeks.

20. "Into the Wild," Paramount Vantage, $631,451, 33 locations, $19,135 average, $930,015, 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.