LOS ANGELES — Inglourious Basterds scalped the competition at the box office last weekend, opening at No. 1 with more than $38 million. It was by far director Quentin Tarantino's best opening.
District 9, in its second weekend, took in $18.2 million. The Time Traveler's Wife made $9.7 million on its second weekend.
The low-budget family film Shorts opened at $6.4 million.
Post Grad limped in at $2.7 million, while documentary XGames 3D proved a bust, garnering only $837,216 despite playing exclusively in higher-priced 3-D theaters.
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:
1. Inglourious Basterds, Weinstein Co., $38,054,676, 3,165 locations, $12,024 average, $38,070,437, one week.
2. District 9, Columbia, $18,213,546, 3,050 locations, $5,972 average, $72,804,317, two weeks.
3. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Paramount, $12,204,927, 3,953 locations, $3,088 average, $120,235,874, three weeks.
4. The Time Traveler's Wife, Warner Bros., $9,742,427, 2,988 locations, $3,261 average, $37,165,676, two weeks.
5. Julie & Julia, Columbia, $8,800,674, 2,463 locations, $3,573 average, $59,088,965, three weeks.
6. Shorts, Warner Bros., $6,410,339, 3,105 locations, $2,065average, $6,410,339, one week.
7. G-Force, Disney, $4,114,661, 2,561 locations, $1,607 average, $107,224,616, five weeks.
8.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Warner Bros., $3,478,149, 1,936 locations, $1,797 average, $290,238,524, six weeks.
9. The Ugly Truth, Columbia, $2,774,174, 1,971 locations, $1,407 average, $82,811,624, five weeks.
10. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, Paramount Vantage, $2,710,194, 1,849 locations, $1,466 average, $11,247,625, two weeks.
11. Post Grad, Fox Searchlight, $2,651,996, 1,959 locations, $1,354 average, $2,651,996, one week.
12. Ponyo, Disney, $2,425,644, 927 locations, $2,617 average, $8,136,515, two weeks.
13. (500) Days of Summer, Fox Searchlight, $2,280,680, 988 locations, $2,308 average, $22,077,070, six weeks.
14. The Hangover, Warner Bros., $1,474,236, 848 locations, $1,738 average, $268,277,556, 12 weeks.
15. A Perfect Getaway, Universal, $1,090,615, 1,322 locations, $825 average, $14,205,010, three weeks.
16. Transformers 2, Paramount, $970,360, 740 locations, $1,311 average, $398,441,218, nine weeks.
17. Funny People, Universal, $922,555, 932 locations, $990 average, $50,551,440, four weeks.
18. Bandslam, Summit, $858,829, 2,121 locations, $405 average, $4,435,538, two weeks.
19. X Games 3D, Disney, $837,216, 1,399 locations, $598 average, $837,216, one week.
20. Orphan, Warner Bros., $802,493, 655 locations, $1,225 average, $39,934,233, five weeks.
MovieStyle, Pages 37 on 08/28/2009