'The Help' mops up with $20M to lead weekend

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Octavia Spencer (right) and Viola Davis star in "The Help," based on a 2009 best-seller about the relationships between black maids and their white employers in 1960s Mississippi.

Dale Robinette


LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Help" has been promoted to the top spot at the weekend box office with $20 million, moving up from No. 2 in its debut a week earlier.


1. "The Help," Disney, $20,018,659, 2,690 locations, $7,442 average, $71,340,829, two weeks.

2. "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," Fox, $16,119,502, 3,471 locations, $4,644 average, $133,583,862, three weeks.

3. "Spy Kids: All the Time in the World," Weinstein Co., $11,644,672, 3,295 locations, $3,534 average, $11,644,672, one week.

4. "Conan the Barbarian," Lionsgate, $10,021,215, 3,015 locations, $3,324 average, $10,021,215, one week.

5. "Fright Night," Disney, $8,114,388, 3,114 locations, $2,606 average, $8,114,388, one week.

6. "The Smurfs," Sony, $7,802,377, 3,057 locations, $2,552 average, $117,546,882, four weeks.

7. "Final Destination 5," Warner Bros., $7,703,466, 3,155 locations, $2,442 average, $32,326,686, two weeks.

8. "30 Minutes Or Less," Sony, $6,402,602, 2,888 locations, $2,217 average, $25,864,430, two weeks.

9. "One Day," Focus, $5,079,566, 1,721 locations, $2,952 average, $5,079,566, one week.

10. "Crazy, Stupid, Love," Warner Bros., $4,797,364, 1,940 locations, $2,473 average, $64,266,969, four weeks.

11. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," Warner Bros., $4,511,411, 1,738 locations, $2,596 average, $366,007,900, six weeks.

12. "Cowboys & Aliens," Universal, $4,215,780, 2,213 locations, $1,905 average, $89,498,305, four weeks.

13. "Captain America: The First Avenger," Paramount, $4,115,529, 1,988 locations, $2,070 average, $164,747,643, five weeks.

14. "The Change-Up," Universal, $2,824,945, 1,633 locations, $1,730 average, $31,970,285, three weeks.

15. "Glee: The 3D Concert Movie," Fox, $1,804,598, 1,982 locations, $910 average, $10,443,883, two weeks.

16. "Horrible Bosses," Warner Bros., $1,279,350, 755 locations, $1,695 average, $112,574,996, seven weeks.

17. "Sarah's Key," Weinstein Co., $770,049, 201 locations, $3,831 average, $3,072,884, five weeks.

18. "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," Paramount, $606,276, 484 locations, $1,253 average, $348,540,006, eight weeks.

19. "Midnight in Paris," Sony Pictures Classics, $552,103, 258 locations, $2,140 average, $50,614,946, 14 weeks.

20. "Friends With Benefits," Sony Screen Gems, $533,670, 413 locations, $1,292 average, $54,712,145, five weeks.







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