Box office

HOLLYWOOD — The vampires displayed box-office bite, but overall it was another anemic weekend for Hollywood despite several new releases.

Only escapism managed to cut through the clutter of serious fall fare: 30 Days of Night ranked No. 1 with an estimated $15.9 million in grosses. It was followed by the holdover hit comedies Why Did I Get Married? with $12.2 million and The Game Plan with $8.2 million.

Gone Baby Gone fared best among the serious new R-rated films aimed at adult audiences and year-end awards consideration, grossing about $5.5 million to tentatively place No. 6.

The Comebacks also opened to about $5.5 million.

The top 10 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. 30 Days of Night, Columbia,$15,951,902, 2,855 locations, $5,587 average, $15,951,902, one week.

2. Why Did I Get Married?, Lionsgate, $12,186,011, 2,034 locations, $5,991 average, $38,950,821, two weeks.

3. The Game Plan, Disney, $8,178,646, 3,301 locations, $2,478 average, $69,206,626, four weeks.

4. Michael Clayton, Warner Bros., $6,677,272, 2,585 locations, $2,583 average, $21,563,586, three weeks.

5. The Comebacks, Fox Atomic, $5,554,594, 2,812 locations, $1,975 average, $5,554,594, one week.

6. Gone Baby Gone, Miramax, $5,501,406, 1,713 locations, $3,212 average, $5,501,406, one week.

7. We Own the Night, Columbia, $5,420,793, 2,362 locations, $2,295 average, $19,704,516, two weeks.

8. Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas, Disney, $5,330,101, 564 locations, $9,451 average, $5,330,101, one week.

9. Rendition, New Line, $4,060,012, 2,250 locations, $1,804 average, $4,060,012, one week.

10. The Heartbreak Kid, Dream-Works-Paramount, $3,814,636, 2,782 locations, $1,371 average, $32,025,396, three weeks.