Weekend box office

Lionsgate’s Sunday estimates for “Hostel” proved about $500,000 too “aggressive” (as the company described them). When actual numbers for that day were clocked on Monday, writer-director Eli Roth’s abattoir adventure’s total for the weekend came in at $19.6 million. Miscalculations of as much as $1 million are not uncommon; the lower number for “Hostel,” however, does mean that last year’s “White Noise” ($24.1 million) stands as the only movie to open with more than $20 million in business on the first weekend in January. Other titles have grossed more on that weekend, but they have been holdovers from December.

Additionally, “Brokeback Mountain” traded places with “Rumor Has It ... ,” moving up to No. 8 while the latter movie slid to No. 9.

MOVIE (STUDIO): 1 Hostel (Lionsgate)

3-DAY GROSS (MILLIONS): $19.6

TOTAL (MILLIONS): $19.6

VENUES: 2,195

AVERAGE PER VENUE: $8,909

WEEKS: 1

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MOVIE (STUDIO): 2 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Buena Vista)

3-DAY GROSS (MILLIONS): $15.6

TOTAL (MILLIONS): $247.8

VENUES: 3,514

AVERAGE PER VENUE: $4,452

WEEKS: 5

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MOVIE (STUDIO): 3 King Kong (Universal)

3-DAY GROSS (MILLIONS): $12.6

TOTAL (MILLIONS): $192.7

VENUES: 3,482

AVERAGE PER VENUE: $3,625

WEEKS: 4

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MOVIE (STUDIO): 4 Fun With Dick and Jane (Sony)

3-DAY GROSS (MILLIONS): $11.9

TOTAL (MILLIONS): $81.1

VENUES: 3,182

AVERAGE PER VENUE: $3,746

WEEKS: 3

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MOVIE (STUDIO): 5 Cheaper by the Dozen (Fox) 2

3-DAY GROSS (MILLIONS): $8.4

TOTAL (MILLIONS): $66.6

VENUES: 3,109

AVERAGE PER VENUE: $2,712

WEEKS: 3

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MOVIE (STUDIO): 6 Munich (Universal)

3-DAY GROSS (MILLIONS): $7.6

TOTAL (MILLIONS): $25.4

VENUES: 1,485

AVERAGE PER VENUE: $5,095

WEEKS: 3

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MOVIE (STUDIO): 7 Memoirs of a Geisha (Sony)

3-DAY GROSS (MILLIONS): $6.1

TOTAL (MILLIONS): $39.9

VENUES: 1,589

AVERAGE PER VENUE: $3,846

WEEKS: 5

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MOVIE (STUDIO): 8 Brokeback Mountain (Focus)

3-DAY GROSS (MILLIONS): $5.73

TOTAL (MILLIONS): $22.4

VENUES: 483

AVERAGE PER VENUE: $11,856

WEEKS: 5

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MOVIE (STUDIO): 9 Rumor Has It...(Warner Bros.)

3-DAY GROSS (MILLIONS): $5.7

TOTAL (MILLIONS): $35.2

VENUES: 2,766

AVERAGE PER VENUE: $2,062

WEEKS: 2

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MOVIE (STUDIO): 10 The Family Stone (Fox)

3-DAY GROSS (MILLIONS): $4.6

TOTAL (MILLIONS): $53.2

VENUES: 2,085

AVERAGE PER VENUE: $2,210

WEEKS: 4

Source: Exhibitor Relations Co.

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