'Snow White' takes crown with $56.2M debut weekend

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? "Snow White & the Huntsman" was no sleeper at the box office this weekend. The action romp inspired by the fairy tale debuted at No. 1 with $56.2 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 Hollywood.com are:

1. "Snow White & the Huntsman," Universal, $56,217,700, 3,773 locations, $14,900 average, $56,217,700, one week.

2. "Men in Black 3," Sony, $28,075,210, 4,248 locations, $6,609 average, $111,078,763, two weeks.

3. "The Avengers," Disney, $20,486,418, 3,670 locations, $5,582 average, $552,950,398, five weeks.

4. "Battleship," Universal, $5,092,295, 3,144 locations, $1,620 average, $55,405,145, three weeks.

5. "The Dictator," Paramount, $4,702,004, 2,649 locations, $1,775 average, $50,812,364, three weeks.

6. "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," Fox Searchlight, $4,483,083, 1,294 locations, $3,465 average, $23,379,688, five weeks.

7. "What to Expect When You're Expecting," Lionsgate, $4,408,741, 2,907 locations, $1,517 average, $30,702,100, three weeks.

8. "Dark Shadows," Warner Bros., $3,703,205, 3,002 locations, $1,234 average, $70,677,046, four weeks.

9. "Chernobyl Diaries," Warner Bros., $3,127,107, 2,433 locations, $1,285 average, $14,498,221, two weeks.

10. "For Greater Glory," ARC Entertainment, $1,885,608, 757 locations, $2,491 average, $1,885,608, one week.

11. "The Hunger Games," Lionsgate, $1,567,186, 1,099 locations, $1,426 average, $398,340,934, 11 weeks.

12. "Bernie," Millennium Entertainment, $897,717, 302 locations, $2,973 average, $3,650,696, six weeks.

13. "Moonrise Kingdom," Focus Features, $876,881, 16 locations, $54,805 average, $1,737,093, two weeks.

14. "Think Like a Man," Sony Screen Gems, $671,479, 509 locations, $1,319 average, $89,713,248, seven weeks.

15. "Crooked Arrows," Branded-Peck Entertainment, $632,423, 327 locations, $1,934 average, $1,155,335, three weeks.

16. "The Pirates! Band of Misfits," Sony, $630,622, 585 locations, $1,078 average, $28,560,404, six weeks.

17. "Rowdy Rathore," UTV, $381,754, 120 locations, $3,181 average, $381,784, one week.

18. "21 Jump Street," Sony, $376,391, 330 locations, $1,141 average, $137,181,723, 12 weeks.

19. "Mirror Mirror," Relativity Media, $368,669, 357 locations, $1,033 average, $62,911,808, 10 weeks.

20. "Dr. Seuss' the Lorax," Universal, $340,200, 315 locations, $1,080 average, $211,485,860, 14 weeks.

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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

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