`Ghost Rider' Tops Box Office With $52 M

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Monday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Tuesday by Media By Numbers LLC are:

1. "Ghost Rider," Sony, $52,022,908, 3,619 locations, $14,375 average, $52,022,908, one week.

2. "Bridge to Terabithia," Disney, $28,536,717, 3,139 locations, $9,091 average, $28,536,717, one week.

3. "Norbit," Paramount, $19,929,662, 3,138 locations, $6,351 average, $62,011,840, two weeks.

4. "Music and Lyrics," Warner Bros., $15,875,471, 2,955 locations, $5,372 average,
$21,404,090, one week.

5. "Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls," Lionsgate, $13,064,075, 2,111 locations, $6,189 average, $18,757,324, one week.

6. "Breach," Universal, $12,261,835, 1,489 locations, $8,235 average, $12,261,835, one week.

7. "Hannibal Rising," MGM, $6,255,564, 3,003 locations, $2,083 average, $22,917,904, two weeks.

8. "Because I Said So," Universal, $6,053,850, 2,446 locations, $2,475 average, $34,311,515, three weeks.

9. "Night at the Museum," Fox, $4,866,933, 2,042 locations, $2,383 average, $238,500,531, nine weeks.

10. "The Messengers," Sony Screen Gems, $4,341,827, 2,183 locations, $1,989 average, $31,050,332, three weeks.

11. "Pan's Labyrinth," Picturehouse, $2,639,431, 905 locations, $2,916 average, $30,486,056, eight weeks.

12. "Dreamgirls," Paramount, $1,967,359, 1,037 locations, $1,897 average, $100,011,336, 10 weeks.

13. "Smokin' Aces," Universal, $1,771,180, 1,107 locations, $1,600 average, $34,421,936, four weeks.

14. "Epic Movie," Fox, $1,672,218, 1,426 locations, $1,173 average, $38,268,898, four weeks.

15. "The Queen," Miramax, $1,609,141, 807 locations, $1,994 average, $51,350,148, 21 weeks.
16. "Letters From Iwo Jima," Warner Bros., $1,272,397, 651 locations, $1,955 average, $11,811,634, nine weeks.

17. "The Last King of Scotland," Fox Searchlight, $1,088,024, 384 locations, $2,833 average, $12,959,378, 21 weeks.

18. "Notes on a Scandal," Fox, $1,030,144, 413 locations, $2,494 average, $15,427,044, nine weeks.

19. "The Pursuit of Happyness," Sony, $883,814, 690 locations, $1,281 average, $162,140,234, 10 weeks.

20. "Babel," Paramount Vantage, $706,687, 305 locations, $2,317 average, $33,218,792, 17 weeks.