'The Brave One' is No. 1 at box office

The Jodie Foster revenge thriller "The Brave One" bested last week's winner "3:10 to Yuma" to become the leader at the weekend box office with $13.5 million in ticket sales.

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 are:

1. "The Brave One," Warner Bros., $13,471,488, 3,755 locations, $3,588 average, $13,471,488, one week.

2. "3:10 to Yuma," Lionsgate, $8,930,889, 2,667 locations, $3,349 average, $28,330,228, two weeks.

3. "Mr. Woodcock," New Line, $8,761,369, 2,231 locations, $3,927 average, $8,761,369, one week.

4. "Superbad," Sony, $5,105,184, 2,910 locations, $1,754 average, $111,241,228, five weeks.

5. "Dragon Wars," Freestyle Releasing, $5,041,239, 2,277 locations, $2,214 average, $5,041,239, one week.

6. "Halloween," MGM , $4,867,522, 3,051 locations, $1,595 average, $51,120,587, three weeks.

7. "The Bourne Ultimatum," Universal, $4,125,380, 2,611 locations, $1,580 average, $216,167,260, seven weeks.

8. "Balls of Fury," Focus/Rogue, $3,324,001, 2,758 locations, $1,205 average, $28,859,451, three weeks.

9. "Rush Hour 3," New Line, $3,303,341, 2,208 locations, $1,496 average, $133,158,932, six weeks.

10. "Mr. Bean's Holiday," Universal, $2,726,475, 1,770 locations, $1,540 average, $28,545,470, four weeks.

11. "Shoot 'Em Up," New Line, $2,602,115, 2,108 locations, $1,234 average, $10,359,287, two weeks.

12. "The Nanny Diaries," MGM, $2,104,054, 1,971 locations, $1,068 average, $23,911,341, four weeks.

13. "Hairspray," New Line, $1,231,798, 1,155 locations, $1,066 average, $116,410,754, nine weeks.

14. "Stardust," Paramount, $1,215,496, 1,078 locations, $1,128 average, $36,409,283, six weeks.

15. "Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix," Warner Bros., $803,227, 589 locations, $1,364 average, $289,326,081, 10 weeks.

16. "War," Lionsgate, $672,902, 802 locations, $839 average, $21,926,186, four weeks.

17. "Across The Universe," Sony, $667,784, 23 locations, $29,034 average, $667,784, one week.

18. "The Simpsons Movie," Fox, $661,810, 799 locations, $828 average, $181,238,479, eight weeks.

19. "Death at a Funeral," MGM, $622,831, 324 locations, $1,922 average, $6,573,444, five weeks.

20. "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," Universal, $563,945, 613 locations, $920 average, $118,501,900, nine 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.