LOS ANGELES - Moviegoers had an appetite for "Ratatouille" as the animated adventure took in $47 million to debut at the top of the weekend box office.

Bruce Willis' "Live Free or Die Hard" opened in second place with $33.4 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 Media By Numbers LLC are:

1. "Ratatouille," Disney, $47,027,395, 3,940 locations, $11,936 average, $47,027,395, one week.

2. "Live Free Or Die Hard," Fox, $33,369,559, 3,408 locations, $9,792 average, $48,398,130, one week.

3. "Evan Almighty," Universal, $15,143,945, 3,636 locations, $4,165 average, $60,679,545, two weeks.

4. "1408," MGM, $10,662,804, 2,733 locations, $3,902 average, $40,442,058, two weeks.

5. "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," Fox, $9,143,876, 3,424 locations, $2,671 average, $114,944,684, three weeks.

6. "Knocked Up," Universal, $7,302,325, 2,665 locations, $2,740 average, $122,291,755, five weeks.

7. "Ocean's Thirteen," Warner Bros., $6,085,959, 2,903 locations, $2,096 average, $102,120,537, four weeks.

8. "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," Disney, $4,960,368, 2,162 locations, $2,294 average, $295,703,075, six weeks.

9. "Sicko," Lionsgate, $4,501,712, 441 locations, $10,208 average, $4,616,786, two weeks.

10. "Evening," Focus, $3,501,971, 977 locations, $3,584 average, $3,501,971, one week.

11. "Shrek the Third," Paramount-DreamWorks, $2,673,877, 2,066 locations, $1,294 average, $313,739,703, seven weeks.

12. "Surf's Up," Sony, $2,446,757, 2,503 locations, $978 average, $53,760,658, four weeks.

13. "Nancy Drew," Warner Bros., $1,876,247, 1,932 locations, $971 average, $21,210,986, three weeks.

14. "A Mighty Heart," Paramount Vantage, $1,587,323, 1,350 locations, $1,176 average, $7,005,463, two weeks.

15. "La Vie En Rose," Picturehouse, $617,080, 142 locations, $4,346 average, $4,933,571, four weeks.

16. "Spider-Man 3," Sony, $602,153, 609 locations, $989 average, $333,693,426, nine weeks.

17. "Waitress," Fox Searchlight, $469,384, 314 locations, $1,495 average, $16,761,797, nine weeks.

18. "Mr. Brooks," MGM, $431,611, 602 locations, $717 average, $27,730,576, five weeks.

19. "Once," Fox Searchlight, $381,336, 128 locations, $2,979 average, $3,842,578, seven weeks.

20. "Wild Hogs," Disney, $283,459, 310 locations, $914 average, $166,943,052, 18 weeks.