`Hannah Montana' earns box-office crown with $32M

LOS ANGELES - Hannah Montana is queen of the box office. Miley Cyrus' "Hannah Montana: The Movie" debuted as the No. 1 weekend draw with $32.3 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 are:

1. "Hannah Montana: The Movie," Disney, $32,324,487, 3,118 locations, $10,367 average, $32,324,487, one week.

2. "Fast & Furious," Universal, $27,237,905, 3,472 locations, $7,845 average, $116,497,095, two weeks.

3. "Monsters vs. Aliens," DreamWorks-Paramount, $21,812,253, 4,136 locations, $5,274 average, $140,203,799, three weeks.

4. "Observe and Report," Warner Bros., $11,017,334, 2,727 locations, $4,040 average, $11,017,334, one week.

5. "Knowing," Summit, $6,433,433, 2,925 locations, $2,199 average, $67,769,550, four weeks.

6. "I Love You, Man," Paramount, $6,280,790, 2,643 locations, $2,376 average, $58,865,219, four weeks.

7. "The Haunting in Connecticut," Lionsgate, $5,901,215, 2,721 locations, $2,169 average, $46,488,580, three weeks.

8. "Dragonball: Evolution," Fox, $4,756,488, 2,181 locations, $2,181 average, $4,756,488, one week.

9. "Adventureland," Miramax, $3,353,618, 1,876 locations, $1,788 average, $11,370,909, two weeks.

10. "Duplicity," Universal, $2,995,850, 1,965 locations, $1,525 average, $36,847,445, four weeks.

11. "Race to Witch Mountain," Disney, $1,908,670, 2,172 locations, $879 average, $61,964,133, five weeks.

12. "Sunshine Cleaning," Overture, $1,733,473, 598 locations, $2,899 average, $7,152,730, five weeks.

13. "Taken," Fox, $1,083,022, 872 locations, $1,242 average, $141,107,779, 11 weeks.

14. "12 Rounds," Fox, $796,632, 908 locations, $877 average, $10,757,296, three weeks.

15. "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," Sony, $596,019, 514 locations, $1,160 average, $143,956,523, 13 weeks.

16. "The Last House On the Left," Universal, $591,850, 623 locations, $950 average, $31,735,585, five weeks.

17. "Watchmen," Warner Bros., $554,430, 453 locations, $1,224 average, $106,418,446, six weeks.

18. "Sin Nombre," Focus, $333,187, 65 locations, $5,126 average, $806,681, four weeks.

19. "Under the Sea 3-D," Warner Bros., $310,621, 43 locations, $7,224 average, $5,345,538, nine weeks.

20. "Slumdog Millionaire," Fox Searchlight, $282,366, 306 locations, $923 average, $140,751,191, 22 weeks.

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Universal Pictures, Focus Features and Rogue Pictures are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co.; 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.

A service of the Associated Press(AP)