'Madea's Family Reunion' debuts at No. 1

LOS ANGELES --"Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion," a comic drama from the creator of "Diary of a Mad Black Woman," debuted as the weekend's top movie, taking in $30 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 Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. are:

1. "Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion," Lionsgate, $30,030,661, 2,194 locations, $13,688 average, $30,030,661, one week.

2. "Eight Below," Disney, $15,872,840, 3,072 locations, $5,167 average, $45,206,288, two weeks.

3. "The Pink Panther," Sony, $11,101,845, 3,313 locations, $3,351 average, $60,847,581, three weeks.

4. "Date Movie," Fox, $9,125,555, 2,898 locations, $3,149 average, $33,812,965, two weeks.

5. "Curious George," Universal, $7,213,870, 2,609 locations, $2,765 average, $43,347,785, three weeks.

6. "Firewall," Warner Bros., $6,682,212, 2,740 locations, $2,439 average, $37,295,572, three weeks.

7. "Final Destination 3," New Line, $5,495,785, 2,726 locations, $2,016 average, $44,944,694, three weeks.

8. "Doogal," Weinstein Co., $3,605,899, 2,318 locations, $1,556 average, $3,605,899, one week.

9. "Running Scared," New Line, $3,381,974, 1,611 locations, $2,099 average, $3,381,974, one week.

10. "Freedomland," Sony, $2,872,215, 2,361 locations, $1,217 average, $10,750,360, two weeks.

11. "When a Stranger Calls," Sony Screen Gems, $2,512,662, 2,060 locations, $1,220 average, $45,470,021, four weeks.

12. "Big Momma's House 2," Fox, $2,438,478, 1,535 locations, $1,589 average, $65,717,851, five weeks.

13. "Nanny McPhee," Universal, $2,402,230, 1,906 locations, $1,260 average, $42,635,150, five weeks.

14. "Brokeback Mountain," Focus, $2,293,859, 1,359 locations, $1,688 average, $75,383,067, 12 weeks.

15. "Capote," Sony Pictures Classics, $1,066,844, 475 locations, $2,246 average, $23,441,493, 22 weeks.

16. "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada," Sony Pictures Classics, $1,051,957, 347 locations, $3,032 average, $1,880,863, four weeks.

17. "Mrs. Henderson Presents," Weinstein Co., $1,001,298, 504 locations, $1,987 average, $7,140,655, 12 weeks.

18. "Match Point," DreamWorks, $914,918, 443 locations, $2,065 average, $21,556,458, nine weeks.

19. "Transamerica," Weinstein Co., $851,128, 317 locations, $2,685 average, $4,816,005, 13 weeks.

20. "Walk the Line," Fox, $725,765, 492 locations, $1,475 average, $117,478,650, 15 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; DreamWorks is a unit of DreamWorks SKG Inc.; Sony Pictures, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; 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 and Fox Searchlight Pictures are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros., New Line and Warner Independent are units of Time Warner Inc.; Lionsgate is owned by Lionsgate Entertainment Corp.; IFC Films is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.