DreamWorks Pictures' Real Steel narrowly won first place at the weekend box office to top for a second straight weekend. The Hugh Jackman-starrer added an estimated $16.3 million to bring its two-week total to $51.7 million domestically. The Shawn Levy-directed action drama, distributed by Disney, finished first overseas as well with $24.2 million for a foreign total of $56.6 million and worldwide total of $108.3 million.
Paramount's Footloose remake, directed by Craig Brewer and starring Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough, debuted in a close second in North America with $16.1 million from 3,549 theaters. The film was made for about $24 million.
Universal prequel The Thing opened in third place to $8.7 million from 2,996 theaters, which was below studio expectations.
In its second weekend, Columbia's The Ides of March earned $7.5 million for a total of $22.2 million so far.
Warner Bros.' Dolphin Tale rounded out the top five with $6.3 million and has collected $58.7 million after four weeks. The family film cost $37 million to produce. As always ladies and gents, we'll be back friday with the latest new releases in theaters. Until then, PEACE !!
TW | Title | Studio | Total | ||||
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1 | Real Steel | DreamWorks Pictures |
$51,744,000
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2 | Footloose | Paramount Pictures |
$16,100,000
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3 | The Thing | Universal Pictures |
$8,700,000
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4 | The Ides of March | Columbia Pictures (Sony) |
$22,154,000
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5 | Dolphin Tale 3D | Warner Bros. Pictures |
$58,672,000
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6 | Moneyball | Columbia Pictures (Sony) |
$57,712,000
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7 | 50/50 | Summit Entertainment |
$24,334,000
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8 | Courageous | TriStar Pictures (Sony) |
$21,378,000
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9 | The Big Year | 20th Century Fox |
$3,325,000
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10 | The Lion King 3D | Walt Disney Pictures |
$90,452,000
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11 | Dream House | Universal Pictures |
$18,428,800
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12 | Contagion | Warner Bros. Pictures |
$72,003,000
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