Miley Cyrus Movie Opens Huge, Breaks Records

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.

Comments

[AN2009]

01:42 AM on 05/08/2009

This article doesn't even explain how Miley Cyrus's mediocre film broke records. Talk about misleading headlines.

[stepintothelight]

12:50 PM on 04/14/2009

You read it here first. I predict that Miley will sicken of being "wh0&ed" up by mama and daddy within 2 years and by the time she turns 19 she will reject the backwoods shtick, come out of the closet (listen to her and watch her mannerisms if you don't think she is), and be dissed by the Disneyfied masses only to be a VH1 "whateverhappenedto" reality star by late 2018.

[DevRock]

09:41 AM on 04/14/2009

I can't wait until her career comes crashing down. Doesn't anyone HEAR that she can't sing???? I've seen her sing live (on TV) a bunch of times and apparently no one has the courage to tell she can't sing on key. I'm so tired of no-talent "pop stars" getting so much attention. She's probably the most arrogant teenager I've ever seen as well. Let's wait about 5 years when she's addicted to everything and "home videos" start coming out of the woodwork.

[NoToGOP08]

09:16 AM on 04/14/2009

America will be owned by Disney and Walmart

[G-guy]

09:09 AM on 04/14/2009

joceeco, I feel the same way.
I don't get the hype. She can't really sing, if you remove all the background stuff,
and she's 16 going on 30. The biggest thing about her is her head.

What really sparked my negative reaction to this kid, was a Leno appearance.
She was on with her dad, was making him to be the fool, in a sense.

Then when he talked to Leno about his many trophies, as a star athlete in high school,
Miley chimed in something like, "You have trophies? I didn't even know you played ball".

I mean, c'mon. It's your DAD. Totally and completely spoiled and self-absorbed person.

[joceeco]

05:56 AM on 04/14/2009

Why does she have to be "White tr@sh?" The little girl is popular, and kids of all races love her. As a dad, I think she's too grown for her age, but my daughters think I'm the devil, when I say anything negative about her.

[sense11]

10:23 AM on 04/14/2009

She is a product created to take your daughters money, also know as your money.

[AN2009]

12:35 AM on 04/15/2009

Apparently, she doesn't love Asians. So much for tolerance.

[proudandtrue]

11:51 PM on 04/13/2009

why do we continually reward white t*rash?......

[Culbs]

07:00 PM on 04/13/2009

Her movie just had the biggest opening of any G-rated live action movie in history....She sings, she dances, she acts, she writes her own stuff, and she lives in the same house as her mom and dad. She's also doing some great work to get her peers involved in service: http://www.Miley.ysa.org

She's gonna be around a longggggggggggggg time! :)

[pinkfirefly]

06:19 PM on 04/13/2009

LOVE this kid. Very talented and well-adjusted. Now if the rest of the world including adults could catch up with her.

[jukesgrrl]

06:05 PM on 04/13/2009

And the very same viewers who were there last weekend will be there next weekend, and on and on until Mom's money runs out.

[sense11]

06:00 PM on 04/13/2009

A manufactured Disney product gets Americas money once again. Pad yourself s on the back.

[hulagirrrl]

04:22 PM on 04/13/2009

I am so sickened by this marketing of her. Look around at toy stores and all you see is garbage with her name on it, what is that doing to little girls. Should they all just wish to be like Hanna Montana? Disney is expensive and overrated as well, it is only about making more money.

[Independentjules]

03:55 PM on 04/13/2009

Im a teenager and i hav a strong hate for Miley cyrus. Its embarrassing how music has gotten from The beatles and led zeplin to disney chanel studio creations. But that is beside the point.

My friends and I all went to see the movie and we found that their was barely anyone under the age of 13 in the movie theater. I had a great time as teens in the audience yelled out names and called her spoiled. We all sang along and danced, it was very fun. I have to say that none of the teens were their because they like her. It was just them having a good time and getting a laugh out of a girl who takes provocative pictures and is a nasally singer. May I add that we are submitting our children of future generations to this pop culture.

[LittlePurpleUSA]

04:13 PM on 04/13/2009

If you spent money to see the movie, she's the one getting a laugh.

[rektruax]

04:33 PM on 04/13/2009

Sug, don't want to blow your mind, but studio created acts were around and strong back in the Beatles and Zep's day too. Probably just as strong as now. Nostalgia sees many of these acts in a higher regard now, but several of the most popular concert draws through the 60's and 70's was little more than record company teen bait fluff.

[dee1984]

02:17 PM on 04/13/2009

I saw it, i'm 24 and I thought it was a cute movie, and out of all the Disney star she certainly has the strongest voice

[BadgersBite]

02:13 PM on 04/13/2009

Sad that we are so entertained by the pre-packaged made for public consumption flavor of the month - mediocrity rules in America! -

"Give me a girl there always the best you put them on stage and have them undress. Some angel wh&*e who can learn a guitar lick. Hey, that's what I call music"

[rektruax]

10:13 AM on 04/14/2009

You don't seem to be familiar with Euro-pop. Trust me, it's every bit as horrible and inescapable as the US's crap.

[BadgersBite]

11:03 AM on 04/14/2009

Probably the same companies making the dung !