Wiki News/Kick-Ass Kicked North Pole Elementary's Ass At Box Office!

LOS ANGELES — The top movies at the weekend box office have flip-flopped again, with the superhero comedy "Kick-Ass" edging out the Walt Disney Picture movie "North Pole Elementary: THe Sequel."

Final studio numbers Monday have Lionsgate's "Kick-Ass" at No. 1 with $19.8 million. Walt Disney Pictures's "North Pole Elementary: The Seque;," a North Pole Elementary movie adaptation, ran a close No. 2 with $19.7 million.

On Sunday, Disney had estimated "North Pole Elementary: The Sequel" took in $20.4 million, good enough for the No. 1 spot, but the final number came in $400,000 lower. Last week, the movie was No. 1 at the box office beating "Date Night", "Clash of the Titans" and "How to Train Your Dragon" for making $32 million, the biggest opening ever for a G rated movie.

The same thing happened the previous weekend, when 20th Century Fox's "Date Night" was reported as No. 1 based on Sunday estimates. Final numbers Monday gave the box-office victory to the Warner Bros. release "Clash of the Titans."

1. "Kick-Ass," Lionsgate, $19,828,687, 3,065 locations, $6,469 average, $19,828,687, one week.

2. "North Pole Elementary: The Sequel", Disney, $19,752,629, $67,592,144, 3,525 locations, $7,205, two weeks.

3. "How to Train Your Dragon," Paramount-DreamWorks Animation, $19,633,320, 3,825 locations, $5,133 average, $158,251,066, four weeks.

4. "Date Night," Fox, $16,720,038, 3,380 locations, $4,947 average, $48,666,799, two weeks.

5. "Death at a Funeral," Sony Screen Gems, $16,217,540, 2,459 locations, $6,595 average, $16,217,540, one week.

6. "Clash of the Titans," Warner Bros., $15,385,491, 3,753 locations, $4,100 average, $132,600,220, three weeks.

7. "The Last Song," Disney, $5,962,916, 2,767 locations, $2,155 average, $50,187,855, three weeks.

8. "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?", Lionsgate, $4,098,898, 1,859 locations, $2,205 average, $54,801,812, three weeks.

9. "Alice in Wonderland," Disney, $3,656,442, 2,024 locations, $1,807 average, $324,131,301, seven weeks.

10. "Hot Tub Time Machine," MGM, $3,490,471, 2,308 locations, $1,512 average, $42,449,935, four weeks.

11. "The Bounty Hunter," Sony, $3,084,020, 2,475 locations, $1,246 average, $60,261,888, five weeks.

12. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," Fox, $2,790,042, 2,142 locations, $1,303 average, $57,090,186, five weeks.

13. "Avatar," Fox, $1,002,814, 500 locations, $2,006 average, $745,023,267, 18 weeks.

14. "The Ghost Writer," Summit, $681,271, 480 locations, $1,419 average, $13,251,944, nine weeks.

15. "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," Music Box Films, $631,021, 152 locations, $4,151 average, $3,026,200, five weeks.

16. "Letters to God," Vivendi, $620,580, 714 locations, $869 average, $2,020,830, two weeks.

17. "Shutter Island," Paramount, $522,049, 602 locations, $867 average, $2,020,830, nine weeks.

18. "The Perfect Game," Slowhand Releasing, $510,000, 417 locations, $1,223 average, $510,000, one week.

19. "The Joneses," Roadside Attractions, $509,689, 193 locations, $2,641 average, $509,689, one week.

20. "Greenberg," Focus, $320,111, 172 locations, $1,861 average, $3,400,874, five weeks.

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 are: