`Bourne Ultimatum' No. 1 at box office Mon Aug 6, 5:45 PM ET

`Bourne Ultimatum' No. 1 at box office Mon Aug 6, 5:45 PM ET



LOS ANGELES - "The Bourne Ultimatum" was accepted with pleasure by moviegoers, who identified with superspy Jason Bourne and gave the film box-office supremacy over the weekend.

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The third film in the "Bourne" franchise earned $69.3 million in its 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 Media By Numbers LLC:

1. "The Bourne Ultimatum," Universal, $69,283,690, 3,660 locations, $18,930 average, $69,283,690, one week.

2. "The Simpsons Movie," Fox, $25,110,873, 3,926 locations, $6,396 average, $128,060,578, two weeks.

3. "Underdog," Disney, $11,585,121, 3,013 locations, $3,845 average, $11,585,121, one week.

4. "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," Universal, $10,626,345, 3,290 locations, $3,230 average, $91,795,450, three weeks.

5. "Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix," Warner Bros., $9,522,220, 3,125 locations, $3,047 average, $261,027,397, four weeks.

6. "Hairspray," New Line, $9,225,378, 3,115 locations, $2,962 average, $78,854,798, three weeks.

7. "No Reservations," Warner Bros., $6,588,375, 2,425 locations, $2,717 average, $24,175,203, two weeks.

8. "Transformers," Paramount, $6,021,472, 2,419 locations, $2,489 average, $296,379,328, five weeks.

9. "Hot Rod," Paramount, $5,310,711, 2,607 locations, $2,037 average, $5,310,711, one week.

10. "Bratz," Lionsgate, $4,208,455, 1,509 locations, $2,789 average, $4,208,455, one week.

11. "Ratatouille," Disney, $3,987,800, 1,940 locations, $2,056 average, $188,246,213, six weeks.

12. "El Cantante," Picturehouse, $3,202,035, 542 locations, $5,908 average, $3,202,035, one week.

13. "Live Free or Die Hard," Fox, $2,132,768, 1,422 locations, $1,500 average, $130,178,275, six weeks.

14. "I Know Who Killed Me," Sony/Tristar, $1,165,378, 1,320 locations, $883 average, $6,231,700, two weeks.

15. "Who's Your Caddy," MGM, $1,092,324, 962 locations, $1,135 average, $4,803,661, two weeks.

16. "Becoming Jane," Miramax, $972,066, 100 locations, $9,721 average, $972,066, one week.

17. "Talk to Me," Focus, $674,089, 187 locations, $3,605 average, $2,840,675, four weeks.

18. "Rescue Dawn," MGM, $560,903, 505 locations, $1,111 average, $4,218,459, five weeks.

19. "Knocked Up," Universal, $503,730, 392 locations, $1,285 average, $146,284,175, 10 weeks.

20. "Sicko," Lionsgate, $503,702, 349 locations, $1,443 average, $22,640,294, seven weeks.

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Universal Pictures and Focus Features are owned by NBC Universal, a joint venture of General Electric Co. and Vivendi Universal; 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.