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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Facebook film "The Social Network" captured the top spot at North American box offices for the second straight week, beating a pair of newcomers including horse racing film "Secretariat," according to studio estimates released on Sunday.
"The Social Network," which tells of the founding of the popular website, took in $15.5 million at just under 2,800 locations, for a per-theater average of around $5,600. Total ticket sales were down just about 30 percent from last week's final haul of $22.4 million for Columbia Pictures movie.
Warner Bros. romantic comedy "Life As We Know It," starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel, took the No. 2 spot with $14.6 million in 3,150 locations, averaging just over $4,600 per theater. Disney's "Secretariat" came in third with $12.6 million in roughly 3,200 venues for $4,100 per theater.
Columbia Pictures is a unit of Sony Corp.'s Sony Pictures Entertainment media division. Warner Bros. is a part of Time Warner Inc., and Disney is a unit of The Walt Disney Co..
(Reporting by Bob Tourtellotte, editing by Philip Barbara)
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