'Just Go With It' Leads Weekend With $30.5M Launch

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston's romance "Just Go With It" claimed the No. 1 spot at the box office over Valentine's Day weekend with a $30.5 million debut.

The comedy came in just ahead of the music documentary "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never," which opened well above Hollywood expectations with $29.5 million.

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 are:

1. "Just Go With It," Sony, $30,514,732, 3,548 locations, $8,601 average, $30,514,732, one week.

2. "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never," Paramount, $29,514,054, 3,105 locations, $9,505 average, $30,256,601, one week.

3. "Gnomeo and Juliet," Disney, $25,356,909, 2,994 locations, $8,469 average, $25,356,909, one week.

4. "The Eagle," Focus, $8,684,464, 2,296 locations, $3,782 average, $8,684,464, one week.

5. "The Roommate," Sony Screen Gems, $8,126,025, 2,534 locations, $3,207 average, $25,778,926, two weeks.

6. "The King's Speech," Weinstein Co., $7,230,790, 2,263 locations, $3,195 average, $93,675,761, 12 weeks.

7. "No Strings Attached," Paramount, $5,810,291, 2,756 locations, $2,108 average, $60,031,078, four weeks.

8. "Sanctum," Universal, $5,661,705, 2,789 locations, $2,030 average, $18,035,075, two weeks.

9. "True Grit," Paramount, $3,785,344, 2,072 locations, $1,827 average, $160,355,029, eight weeks.

10. "The Green Hornet," Sony, $3,673,909, 2,090 locations, $1,758 average, $92,405,961, five weeks.

11. "The Rite," Warner Bros., $3,252,360, 2,207 locations, $1,474 average, $28,858,297, three weeks.

12. "The Mechanic," CBS Films, $3,202,921, 1,886 locations, $1,698 average, $25,418,653, three weeks.

13. "The Fighter," Paramount, $2,165,480, 1,049 locations, $2,064 average, $85,632,024, 10 weeks.

14. "Black Swan," Fox Searchlight, $2,122,555, 1,069 locations, $1,986 average, $99,337,220, 11 weeks.

15. "The Dilemma," Universal, $1,031,015, 1,242 locations, $830 average, $47,635,695, five weeks.

16. "Tangled," Disney, $813,849, 784 locations, $1,038 average, $193,304,696, 12 weeks.

17. "Yogi Bear," Warner Bros., $770,038, 1,111 locations, $693 average, $96,618,279, nine weeks.

18. "Blue Valentine," Weinstein Co., $585,508, 393 locations, $1,490 average, $8,211,610, seven weeks.

19. "Biutiful," Roadside Attractions, $580,245, 191 locations, $3,038 average, $2,263,341, three weeks.

20. "127 Hours," Fox Searchlight, $559,094, 359 locations, $1,557 average, $16,845,896, 15 weeks.

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Universal Pictures and Focus Features are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony Pictures, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount and Paramount Vantage are divisions of Viacom Inc.; Disney's parent is The Walt Disney Co.; 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Fox Atomic are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a consortium of Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Sony Corp., Comcast Corp., DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and Quadrangle Group; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC Films is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.; Rogue Pictures is owned by Relativity Media LLC; Overture Films is a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp.