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LOS ANGELES, April 12 (Xinhua) -- American television's teen idol Miley Cyrus extended her newly-found charm in multiplexes this Easter weekend, with her second big-screen production "Hannah Montana: The Movie" grossing an estimated 34 million U.S. dollars over the three-day period.

Miley Cyrus arrives at the 51st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 8, 2009.

Disney's new Hannah movie, after the success of a 3-D big-screen version of Cyrus' concert last year, became the biggest-grossing April movie in the studio's history, and garnered the fourth-highest opening tally in any April, according to box office tracker Media By Numbers Sunday.

    The movie opened in 3,118 theaters in the United States and Canada on Friday with 17.3 million dollars, the best opening day showing in Hollywood's history for a live-action G-rated picture.

Miley Cyrus performs at the "Kids' Inaugural: We Are The Future" concert in Washington January 19, 2009. U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will take the Oath of Office on January 20.

Universal's action movie "Fast & Furious" finished in second place this weekend with 28.7 million dollars. The film has grossed a total of 118 million dollars over the last two weeks.

    DreamWorks Animation's "Monsters vs Aliens," in its third week in release, pulled in 22.6 million dollars, placing third for the weekend, with a total of 141 million dollars since its release.

Singer and actress Miley Cyrus arrives at the 66th annual Golden Globe awards in Beverly Hills, California January 11, 2009

New release "Observe and Report," a Warner Bros.' black comedy, debuted in fourth place on the lower end of expectations with 11.1million dollars, while Nicolas Cage's apocalypse thriller "Knowing" was in fifth with 6.7 million dollars over the weekend.