'Paranormal 2' finds $40.7M in box-office activity

LOS ANGELES – "Paranormal Activity 2" gave fans a big jump on Halloween with a $40.7 million opening weekend.

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:

1. "Paranormal Activity 2," Paramount, $40,678,424, 3,216 locations, $12,649 average, $40,678,424, one week.

2. "Jackass 3D," Paramount, $21,313,815, 3,111 locations, $6,851 average, $86,861,041, two weeks.

3. "Red," Summit, $15,034,916, 3,273 locations, $4,594 average, $43,518,185, two weeks.

4. "Hereafter," Warner Bros., $12,018,147, 2,181 locations, $5,510 average, $12,333,504, two weeks.

5. "The Social Network," Sony , $7,276,972, 2,921 locations, $2,491 average, $72,907,728, four weeks.

6. "Secretariat," Disney, $7,001,159, 3,108 locations, $2,253 average, $37,444,068, three weeks.

7. "Life As We Know It," Warner Bros., $6,136,454, 3,019 locations, $2,033 average, $37,601,835, three weeks.

8. "Legend of the Guardians: the Owls of Ga'hoole," Warner Bros., $3,248,019, 2,236 locations, $1,453 average, $50,244,733, five weeks.

9. "The Town," Warner Bros., $2,749,090, 1,918 locations, $1,433 average, $84,681,614, six weeks.

10. "Easy A," Sony/Screen Gems, $1,748,906, 1,632 locations, $1,072 average, $54,784,148, six weeks.

11. "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," Fox, $1,244,851, 1,255 locations, $992 average, $50,001,986, five weeks.

12. "My Soul to Take (3-D)," Universal, $1,072,515, 1,689 locations, $635 average, $13,985,795, three weeks.

13. "Waiting For Superman," Paramount, $774,502, 290 locations, $2,671 average, $3,704,280, five weeks.

14. "Alpha and Omega (3-D Animated)," Lionsgate, $727,103, 727 locations, $1,000 average, $23,512,875, six weeks.

15. "It's Kind of a Funny Story," Focus, $677,162, 560 locations, $1,209 average, $5,109,189, three weeks.

16. "You Again," Disney, $650,902, 901 locations, $722 average, $24,051,083, five weeks.

17. "Devil," Universal, $642,035, 642 locations, $1,000 average, $32,437,925, six weeks.

18. "N-Secure," Freestyle Releasing, $551,096, 445 locations, $1,238 average, $1,964,477, two weeks.

19. "Inception," Warner Bros., $500,140, 452 locations, $1,107 average, $290,381,264, 15 weeks.

20. "Toy Story 3," Disney, $472,842, 350 locations, $1,351 average, $413,485,965, 19 weeks.