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“Identity Thief,” starring Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman and directed by Seth Gordon, soared past expectations to score a $36.6 million debut, one of the top five openings of all time for an original R-rated comedy and the top opening so far of 2013.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, February 10 are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Identity Thief | Universal | $36,592,650 | 3,141 | 11,650 | $36,592,650 |
| 2 | Warm Bodies | Lionsgate | $11,500,000 | 3,009 | 3,821 | $36,625,082 |
| 3 | Side Effects | Open Road | $10,015,000 | 2,605 | 3,844 | $10,015,000 |
| 4 | Silver Linings Playbook | The Weinstein Company | $6,908,000 | 2,809 | 2,459 | $90,002,239 |
| 5 | Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters | Paramount | $5,750,000 | 3,285 | 1,750 | $43,832,853 |
| 6 | Mama | Universal | $4,323,355 | 2,677 | 1,615 | $64,045,500 |
| 7 | Zero Dark Thirty | Sony | $4,000,000 | 2,562 | 1,561 | $83,560,590 |
| 8 | Argo | Warner Bros. | $2,500,000 | 1,405 | 1,779 | $123,733,613 |
| 9 | Django Unchained | The Weinstein Company | $2,288,000 | 1,502 | 1,523 | $154,501,132 |
| 10 | Bullet To The Head | Warner Bros. | $1,980,000 | 2,404 | 823 | $8,171,022 |
| 11 | Top Gun | Paramount | $1,900,000 | 300 | 6,333 | $178,681,728 |
| 12 | Lincoln | Disney | $1,860,000 | 1,517 | 1,226 | $173,607,000 |
