The top movies at the North American box office

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Following are the top 10 films at the North American box office for the three-day weekend beginning on October 16, led by the new release "Where the Wild Things Are," according to studio estimates compiled on Sunday by Reuters.

1 (*) Where the Wild Things Are.......... $32.5 million

2 (*) Law Abiding Citizen ............... $21.2 million

3 (4) Paranormal Activity ............... $20.2 million

4 (1) Couples Retreat ................... $17.9 million

5 (*) The Stepfather .................... $12.3 million

6 (3) Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs . $ 8.1 million

7 (2) Zombieland ........................ $ 7.8 million

8 (5) Toy Story/Toy Story 2 (3D) ........ $ 3.0 million

9 (6) Surrogates ........................ $ 1.9 million

10 (7) The Invention of Lying ............ $ 1.9 million

NOTE: Last weekend's ranking in parentheses. * = new release.

TOTALS TO DATE

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs . $108.3 million

Couples Retreat ................... $ 63.3 million

Zombieland ........................ $ 60.8 million

Surrogates ........................ $ 36.3 million

Paranormal Activity ............... $ 33.7 million

Where the Wild Things Are ......... $ 32.5 million

Toy Story/Toy Story 2 (3D) ........ $ 28.6 million

Law Abiding Citizen ............... $ 21.2 million

The Invention of Lying ............ $ 15.5 million

Whip It ........................... $ 11.4 million

The Stepfather .................... $ 12.3 million

"Where the Wild Things Are" and "The Invention of Lying" were released by Warner Bros Pictures, a unit of Time Warner Inc.

"Law Abiding Citizen" was released by Overture Films, a unit of Liberty Media Corp.

"Couples Retreat" was released by Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co.

"Zombieland" and "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" were released by Columbia Pictures. "The Stepfather" was released by Screen Gems, a unit of Sony Corp.

"Paranormal Activity" was released by Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc.

"Toy Story/Toy Story 2" was released by Walt Disney Pictures, and "Surrogates" by Touchstone Pictures, both units of Walt Disney Co.

"Whip It" was released by 20th Century Fox, a unit of News Corp.

(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb, Editing by Stacey Joyce)