the top ten movies in north america

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- Following are ticket sales for the top 10 movies
at the North American box office for the October 29-31 weekend, according
to studio estimates issued Sunday. Final data will be issued Monday.

[***] 1  (+) Saw 3D ......................... $22.5 million   24.2 million
[***] 2  (1) Paranormal Activity 2 .......... $16.5 million   65.7 million
[***] 3  (3) Red ............................ $10.8 million   58.9 million
[***] 4  (2) Jackass 3D ...................... $8.4 million  101.6 million
[***] 5  (4) Hereafter ....................... $6.3 million   22.2 million
[***] 6  (6) Secretariat ..................... $5.1 million   44.8 million
[***] 7  (5) The Social Network .............. $4.7 million   79.7 million
       8  (7) Life as We Know It .............. $4.0 million   43.5 million
[***] 9  (9) The Town ........................ $1.9 million   87.6 million
[***] 10(25) Conviction ...................... $1.8 million    2.4 million

NOTE: Last weekend's position in parenthesis. + indicates a new release.
Figures are rounded.

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FWIW, of the seven Saw films released to date, Saw 3D had the third-lowest 
opening weekend; only the original Saw and last year's Saw VI were lower.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=saw.htm

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http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/saw-3d-takes-top-boxoffice-slice-with-242m-ap

LOS ANGELES - Psychokiller Jigsaw has come back to life at the box office.

Lionsgate's "Saw 3D," billed as the final installment in the series about 
Jigsaw's legacy of bloody terror, debuted as the Halloween weekend's No. 1 
movie with $24.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

That was $10 million more than the debut of last year's "Saw VI," the 
first dud in the annual horror franchise.

"Last year, a lot of people said, 'OK, that's it. Put a fork in it, it's 
done,'" said David Spitz, head of distribution for Lionsgate. "The 
following week, we were all disappointed and thought, what can we do to 
reinvigorate the franchise? So we shot the movie in 3-D and said this is 
the final chapter."

It paid off, though "Saw 3D" still brought a modest return compared to 
earlier chapters in the "Saw" series, whose second, third, fourth and 
fifth movies all topped $30 million over opening weekend.

"Saw 3D" also had a soft debut compared to the previous weekend's No. 1 
movie, Paramount's "Paranormal Activity 2," a newer fright franchise that 
opened with $40.7 million. "Paranormal Activity 2" slipped to No. 2 this 
weekend, raising its total to $65.7 million.

"Seven years into it, obviously, that's a long time for one franchise to 
hold up year after year," said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for 
Hollywood.com. "Other types of horror movies have come into vogue. `Saw' 
is part of that whole torture-porn genre, which has gone from great 
success to lesser success. But they've had a good run. There's nothing to 
complain about here."

"Saw 3D" also had the benefit of premium prices for 3-D screenings, which 
cost a few dollars more than tickets for 2-D movies. According to 
Lionsgate, 3-D projection accounted for roughly 77 percent of "Saw 3D" 
screenings but 92 percent of the movie's revenues.

Summit Entertainment's action comedy "Red" continued to hold up well, 
finishing at No. 3 with $10.8 million and lifting its total to $58.9 
million.

Another franchise playing in 3-D for the first time, Paramount's "Jackass 
3D," crossed the $100 million mark, coming in at No. 4 with $8.4 million. 
The stunt and prank comedy raised its haul to $101.6 million.

In narrower release, Fox Searchlight's legal drama "Conviction" broke into 
the top-10 after two weeks in a handful of theaters. Starring Hilary Swank 
in the real-life story of a woman who put herself through law school to 
free her brother on a murder rap, "Conviction" was No. 10 with $1.8 
million, playing in 565 theaters and averaging a modest $3,230 a cinema.

That compared to an $8,618 average in 2,808 theaters for "Saw 3D."

Also in narrower release, Music Box Films had solid results for "The Girl 
Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest," which follows "The Girl With the Dragon 
Tattoo" and "The Girl Who Played With Fire" to finish the trilogy based on 
late author Stieg Larsson's best-selling thrillers.

"Hornet's Nest" took in $735,000 in 121 theaters, averaging $6,074 a 
cinema. The Swedish-language film has Larsson's troubled savant Lisbeth 
Salander (Noomi Rapace) targeted by ruthless conspirators.

Director David Fincher is shooting Sony Pictures' English-language remake 
of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," starring Rooney Mara and Daniel 
Craig. The movie is due in theaters in December 2011.

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http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.reuters.com/saw-3d-makes-cut-halloween-box-office-reuters

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The "Saw" horror franchise is not as sharp as it 
used to be, but the seventh -- and reportedly -- final entry in the annual 
Halloween franchise managed to take the top spot at the weekend box office 
in North America, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.

"Saw 3D" earned $24.2 million during the three days beginning on Friday, 
in line with muted expectations, but still the series' third-lowest 
opening.

Last year's disappointing "Saw VI" launched to just $14.1 million, crushed 
by the "Paranormal Activity" chiller. The four entries before that all 
opened at No. 1 with more than $30 million each. The first film in 
distributor Lionsgate's lucrative series, opened at No. 3 in 2004 with 
$14.1 million.

Last weekend's champion, "Paranormal Activity 2," slipped to No. 2 with 
$16.5 million, taking the 10-day haul for Paramount Pictures' scary movie 
sequel to $65.7 million.

Summit Entertainment's Bruce Willis-led crime ensemble "Red" held at No. 3 
with $10.8 million, giving it a $58.9 million total after three weekends.

The only other new entry in the top 10 was Fox Searchlight's Hilary Swank 
legal drama "Conviction," which jumped 15 places to No. 10 with $1.8 
million in its first weekend of wide release.

Lionsgate is a unit of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Paramount Pictures 
is a unit of Viacom Inc. Summit Entertainment is privately held. Fox 
Searchlight Pictures is a unit of News Corp.

(Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2010&p=.htm

The Domestic Top 20 of 2010 (as of October 31, 2010)

[***] 1  (1) Toy Story 3 (G)                                $413.9 million
[***] 2  (2) Alice in Wonderland (PG)                       $334.2 million
[***] 3  (3) Iron Man 2 (PG-13)                             $312.1 million
[***] 4  (4) The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (PG-13)             $300.5 million
[***] 5  (5) Inception (PG-13)                              $290.6 million
[***] 6  (6) Despicable Me (PG)                             $247.9 million
[***] 7  (7) Shrek Forever After (PG)                       $238.4 million
[***] 8  (8) How to Train Your Dragon (PG)                  $217.6 million
[***] 9  (9) The Karate Kid (PG)                            $176.6 million
[***] 10(10) Clash of the Titans (PG-13)                    $163.2 million
[***] 11(11) Grown Ups (PG-13)                              $162.0 million
[***] 12(12) The Last Airbender (PG)                        $131.6 million
[***] 13(13) Shutter Island (R)                             $128.0 million
[***] 14(14) The Other Guys (PG-13)                         $118.5 million
[***] 15(15) Salt (PG-13)                                   $118.3 million
[***] 16(16) Valentine's Day (PG-13)                        $110.5 million
[***] 17(17) Robin Hood (PG-13)                             $105.3 million
[***] 18(18) The Expendables (R)                            $103.1 million
[***] 19(24) Jackass 3D (R)                                 $101.6 million
[***] 20(19) Date Night (PG-13)                              $98.7 million

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2010&p=.htm

The Worldwide Top 20 of 2010 (as of October 31, 2010)

[***] 1  Toy Story 3 (G)                    413.9 + 646.1 = 1060.0 million
[***] 2  Alice in Wonderland (PG)           334.2 + 690.1 = 1024.3 million
[***] 3  Inception (PG-13)                  290.6 + 524.7 =  815.2 million
[***] 4  Shrek Forever After (PG)           238.4 + 495.6 =  734.0 million
[***] 5  The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (PG-13) 300.5 + 389.6 =  690.2 million
[***] 6  Iron Man 2 (PG-13)                 312.1 + 309.6 =  621.8 million
[***] 7  Clash of the Titans (PG-13)        163.2 + 330.0 =  493.2 million
[***] 8  How to Train Your Dragon (PG)      217.6 + 275.6 =  493.2 million
[***] 9  Despicable Me (PG)                 247.9 + 207.0 =  454.8 million
[***] 10 The Karate Kid (PG)                176.6 + 181.8 =  358.4 million
[***] 11 Prince of Persia: The ... (PG-13)   90.8 + 244.4 =  335.2 million
[***] 12 The Last Airbender (PG)            131.6 + 183.5 =  315.1 million
[***] 13 Robin Hood (PG-13)                 105.3 + 206.4 =  311.6 million
[***] 14 Shutter Island (R)                 128.0 + 166.8 =  294.8 million
[***] 15 Salt (PG-13)                       118.3 + 171.7 =  290.0 million
[***] 16 Sex and the City 2 (R)              95.3 + 193.0 =  288.3 million
[***] 17 Resident Evil: Afterlife (R)        60.0 + 213.7 =  273.7 million
[***] 18 Grown Ups (PG-13)                  162.0 + 107.2 =  269.2 million
[***] 19 The Expendables (R)                103.1 + 153.5 =  256.6 million
[***] 20 Knight and Day (PG-13)              76.4 + 176.6 =  253.0 million

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http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic/

The Domestic Top 10 of All Time (as of October 31, 2010)

[*2*] 1  Avatar (2009)                                      $760.4 million
[*2*] 2  Titanic (1997)                                     $600.8 million
[***] 3  The Dark Knight (2008)                             $533.3 million
[*7*] 4  Star Wars (1977)                                   $461.0 million
[***] 5  Shrek 2 (2004)                                     $441.2 million
[*4*] 6  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)                  $435.1 million
[*3*] 7  Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)   $431.1 million
[***] 8  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)  $423.3 million
[***] 9  Toy Story 3 (2010)                                 $413.9 million
[*2*] 10 Spider-Man (2002)                                  $403.7 million

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/

The Worldwide Top 10 of All Time (as of October 31, 2010)

[*2*] 1  Avatar (2009)                     760.4 + 2012.3 = 2772.6 million
[*2*] 2  Titanic (1997)                    600.8 + 1242.4 = 1843.2 million
[*4*] 3  The Lord of the Rings: ... (2003) 377.0 +  742.1 = 1119.1 million
[***] 4  Pirates of the ... Chest (2006)   423.3 +  642.9 = 1066.2 million
[***] 5  Toy Story 3 (2010)                413.9 +  646.1 = 1060.0 million
[***] 6  Alice in Wonderland (2010)        334.2 +  690.1 = 1024.3 million
[***] 7  The Dark Knight (2008)            533.3 +  468.6 = 1001.9 million
[*2*] 8  Harry Potter and the ... (2001)   317.6 +  657.2 =  974.7 million
[***] 9  Pirates of the ... End (2007)     309.4 +  651.6 =  961.0 million
[***] 10 Harry Potter and the ... (2007)   292.0 +  646.2 =  938.2 million

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