Wolverine' finishes weekend with $85.1M debut

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hugh Jackman's Wolverine is rolling in dough, though his movie pulled in a little less money than originally estimated.

"X-Men Origins: Wolverine" took in $85.1 million over opening weekend, according to final studio numbers Monday. That was almost $2 million less than 20th Century Fox projected a day earlier.

Final numbers on big movies often differ from earlier projections, because Sunday figures are based on estimates of how big the crowds will be that day.

Based on final figures, "Wolverine" now ranks as the third-biggest opening weekend in the "X-Men" franchise. It came in a few hundred thousand dollars behind the second movie, "X2: X-Men United," and about $18 million behind the third one, "X-Men: The Last Stand." It did easily surpass the $54.5 million opening weekend of the first "X-Men" movie.

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:

1. "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," Fox, $85,058,003, 4,099 locations, $20,751 average, $85,058,003, one week.

2. "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," Warner Bros., $15,411,434, 3,175 locations, $4,854 average, $15,411,434, one week.

3. "Obsessed," Sony Screen Gems, $12,052,151, 2,514 locations, $4,794 average, $46,854,485, two weeks.

4. "17 Again," Warner Bros., $6,361,358, 3,255 locations, $1,954 average, $48,503,817, three weeks.

5. "Monsters vs. Aliens," Paramount, $5,803,429, 2,626 locations, $2,210 average, $182,407,971, six weeks.

6. "The Soloist," Paramount, $5,654,558, 2,033 locations, $2,781 average, $18,162,696, two weeks.

7. "Earth," Disney, $4,340,235, 1,804 locations, $2,406 average, $22,004,284, two weeks.

8. "Hannah Montana: The Movie," Disney, $4,164,185, 2,819 locations, $1,477 average, $70,946,323, four weeks.

9. "Fighting," Universal, $4,011,465, 2,312 locations, $1,735 average, $17,344,805, two weeks.

10. "State of Play," Universal, $3,715,980, 2,445 locations, $1,520 average, $30,944,180, three weeks.

11. "Fast & Furious," Universal, $2,763,875, 2,547 locations, $1,085 average, $149,806,190, five weeks.

12. "Battle For Terra," Roadside Attractions, $1,082,362, 1,160 locations, $933 average, $1,082,362, one week.

13. "Taken," Fox, $896,888, 494 locations, $1,816 average, $143,623,907, 14 weeks.

14. "I Love You, Man," Paramount, $738,275, 685 locations, $1,078 average, $69,308,548, seven weeks.

15. "Knowing," Summit, $568,096, 822 locations, $691 average, $77,932,861, seven weeks.

16. "Crank: High Voltage," Lionsgate, $488,781, 724 locations, $675 average, $13,293,986, three weeks.

17. "Sunshine Cleaning," Overture, $424,191, 471 locations, $901 average, $10,436,574, eight weeks.

18. "The Haunting in Connecticut," Lionsgate, $415,749, 603 locations, $689 average, $55,030,421, six weeks.

19. "Observe and Report," Warner Bros., $302,146, 501 locations, $603 average, $23,177,042, four weeks.

20. "12 Rounds," Fox, $297,333, 159 locations, $1,870 average, $11,812,067, six weeks.

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