And the box office champion this week is...

LOS ANGELES – The animated musical "The Princess and the Frog" jumped to No. 1 at the box office with $24.2 million in its first weekend of nationwide release.

The top 10 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. "The Princess and the Frog," Disney, $24,208,916, 3,434 locations, $7,050 average, $27,088,786, three weeks.

2. "The Blind Side," Warner Bros., $15,055,258, 3,388 locations, $4,444 average, $149,816,797, four weeks.

3. "Invictus," Warner Bros., $8,611,147, 2,125 locations, $4,052 average, $8,611,147, one week.

4. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," Summit, $7,960,394, 3,635 locations, $2,190 average, $267,320,977, four weeks.

5. "Disney's A Christmas Carol," Disney, $6,833,190, 2,402 locations, $2,845 average, $124,426,097, six weeks.

6. "Brothers," Lionsgate, $5,014,426, 2,088 locations, $2,402 average, $17,416,217, two weeks.

7. "Old Dogs," Disney, $4,409,772, 3,090 locations, $1,427 average, $39,996,273, three weeks.

8. "2012," Sony, $4,351,565, 2,838 locations, $1,533 average, $155,288,405, five weeks.

9. "Armored," Sony Screen Gems, $3,504,374, 1,919 locations, $1,826 average, $11,750,895, two weeks.

10. "Ninja Assassin," Warner Bros., $2,707,470, 2,100 locations, $1,289 average, $34,304,761, three weeks.